Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar, 2E (Verbs and Essentials of Grammar Series)

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Your one-stop guide to mastering the basics of Arabic



Can one book have all you need to communicate confidently in a new language? Yes, and that book is Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar. It offers a solid foundation of major verbal and grammatical concepts of the language, from pronouns to idioms and expressions and from irregular verbs to expressions of time.



Each unit is devoted to one topic, so you can find what you need right away and get focused instruction immediately. Concise yet thorough, the explanations are supported by numerous examples to help you master the different concepts. And for those tricky verbs, Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar includes a Verb Index of the most common verbs, cross-referenced with the abundant verb tables appearing throughout the book.



This book will give you:

  • An excellent introduction to the basics of Arabic if you are a beginner or a quick, thorough reference if you already have experience in the language
  • Contemporary usage of verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and other grammar essentials
  • Examples that reflect contemporary usage and real-life situations

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date: 28th September 2007
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 160
Ean: 9780071498050
Isbn: 0071498052

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USER REVIEWS

Great
~ Written on Dec 12, 2009. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

Jane, and Mahmoud do a good job of explaining what needs to be explained. The only irk about the book is they left out transliteration for most sentences; but transliterated the important sections, namely the verbs. I had purchased another book by them "Easy Arabic Grammar", which really boosts up the common what's what of Arabic, and did transliterate all example sentences, but was more of a student reference guide, with activities, this book "Verbs & Essentials of Grammar" details a lot more, and gives the necessary verb forms, Jussive, Imperative, Subjunctive and so on. This book coupled with perhaps a Hans-Wehr dictionary would become indispensable, and you will be on your way to fluency with practice. The book basically answered all the questions I had scratched by head over when looking at verbs, wondering how to use a verb this way or that way. If your goal is fluency, all the things they explain are not typically necessary to know advanced rules for but it will make it clearer for you, so I recommend it to get a foothold on the language, but then remember always to bulk vocabulary to a few thousand words, and practice in the field with native speakers.

limited usefulness
~ Written on Nov 7, 2009. out of 4 users found this review helpful.

there are some efforts to make the book interesting but despite this, the content is of moderate usefulness.

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~ Written on Sep 25, 2009. out of 1 users found this review helpful.

The service was great. I ordered my book 5 days before my class started and the package arrived promptly and the book was in excellent condition, looked brand new. The price was absolutely the best. I will definitely order future books from this company.

helpful, and not just for those starting out
~ Written on Sep 21, 2009. 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.

The Arabic verb is both simpler and harder than that of languages more familiar to English speaking learners. Simpler, because basically you have two tenses: Perfect and Imperfect. (The future, negative future and past habitual tenses, as well as the jussive and subjunctive moods are all formed by small changes or additions to the imperfect). Harder, because of the bewildering variety of sizes and shapes in which the verb can appear. The simplest form, which is usually referred to as Form I, consists of words built upon a 'root', almost always of three consonants (once in a while four), with eight of the remaining nine forms, which usually change some nuance of the Form I's meaning, being derived by an internal change to the original verb or by attaching a prefix to it.

This little book is a great resource for keeping track of all this, and it is a particularly helpful reference when it is necessary to deal with the often confusing doubled or hollow verbs. You can't beat the price, either.

A very good introduction to the basics of Arabic!
~ Written on Sep 12, 2009. 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.

This book is simple, concise and insightful. It presents the verbal forms and tenses, the adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and other important grammatical categories and rules. The examples that are introduced reflect real-life situations.
On the whole, the work is a very good introduction to the basics of Arabic.

Joyce Akesson author of The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes In Arabic and Arabic Morphology and Phonology: Based on the Marah Al-Arwah by Ahmad B. Ali B. Masud (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics)

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