Synopses & Reviews
Assuming little or no previous knowledge of the language, Simple Arabic aims to make learning Arabic easy and enjoyable. Words used have been selected on a basis of frequency of usage in contemporary Arabic, and a comprehensive bilingual index will also be helpful for examinations, revision, or simply to refresh one’s memory on specific points.
Synopsis
Assuming little or no previous knowledge of the language, Simple Arabic aims to make learning Arabic easy and enjoyable. Words used have been selected on a basis of frequency of usage in contemporary Arabic, and a comprehensive bilingual index will also be helpful for examinations, revision, or simply to refresh one's memory on specific points.
About the Author
Yousif Haddad was born in Baghdad. He has taught Arabic at colleges in the UK for many years and has devised the Arabic curriculum which is taught nation-wide. Jack Ingle worked for many years in the Middle East and North Africa and has translated and interpreted widely from the Arabic into English.
Table of Contents
Indefinite and Definite; Genitive Construction * Gender * The Three Cases * Nouns and Their Plurals * Adjectives and Their Plurals; Adjectives of Physical Defects; Adjectives of Mind and Body; Diminutives * Personal Pronouns * Prepositions * Comparatives ad Superlatives * Nominal Sentences * Demonstratives; Here and There * Relative Pronouns * The Past Tense; Word Order; Verb Subject Agreement * The Present Tense; The Future * The Imperative * The Passive * The Verb Kaana * Non-Sound Verbs * Derived Forms of the Verb * Verbal Nouns; Absolute Object * Active and Passive Principles; Nouns of Place and Time; Nouns of Instrument * The Accusative; Adverbs; Circumstantial Clauses; Accusative of Specification * Relative Adjectives; Colors; Countries and Peoples * Interrogative Pronouns; Particles of Affirmation and Negation * Negation and Prohibition * Conjunctions * Vocative Particles * Exceptive Sentences * Numbers; Fractions; Telling the Time * Appendices: Arab League; Arab Names; Days of the Week and Months of the Year
Indefinite and Definite; Genitive Construction * Gender * The Three Cases * Nouns and Their Plurals * Adjectives and Their Plurals; Adjectives of Physical Defects; Adjectives of Mind and Body; Diminutives * Personal Pronouns * Prepositions * Comparatives ad Superlatives * Nominal Sentences * Demonstratives; Here and There * Relative Pronouns * The Past Tense; Word Order; Verb Subject Agreement * The Present Tense; The Future * The Imperative * The Passive * The Verb Kaana * Non-Sound Verbs * Derived Forms of the Verb * Verbal Nouns; Absolute Object * Active and Passive Principles; Nouns of Place and Time; Nouns of Instrument * The Accusative; Adverbs; Circumstantial Clauses; Accusative of Specification * Relative Adjectives; Colors; Countries and Peoples * Interrogative Pronouns; Particles of Affirmation and Negation * Negation and Prohibition * Conjunctions * Vocative Particles * Exceptive Sentences * Numbers; Fractions; Telling the Time * Appendices: Arab League; Arab Names; Days of the Week and Months of the Year