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  • The article below is an abridged version of an article that appeared in the newspaper   الشرق الاوسط on July 28, 1995. Go through the article and find every hollow and defective verb you can. If you can, include hollow and defective verbs in Forms II-X in addition to those in Form I. Then identify the…

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  • Final Note

    You have now covered quite a number of basics which are essential to learning this language properly. If you have had Arabic before, the above explanations should prove helpful and should be very easy to absorb. If you have not had Arabic for a very long time, it may take you a little time to…

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  • Have you had the equivalent ofat least two-years of university-level Modem Standard Arabic? If the answer is yes, ask yourself the questions below. l, Has it been a while since you worked with the language, and is a lot of the grammar unclear to you? 2. Are you currently taking “advanced” Arabic courses and finding…

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  • A. The Equational Sentence B. The Definite Article C. Case D. The Nominative Case E. Question Words F. Helping Vowels and the Elidable Hamza G. Demonstrative Pronouns H. Gender I. Pausal Form

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  • Several years ago I taught a course in newspaper Arabic at a highly-respected Middle East related institution in Washington, D.C. The students in the course came from university graduate programs in Middle East Studies, the government, and from private industry. All the students had studied Arabic for several years. I had been told that the…

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