Table of Contents: Part III
Chapter 1 271 The Little Words No One Ever Learns but Which are Very Important 271 Chapter 2 288 A: Defective Nouns and Adjectives 288 […]
Chapter 1 271 The Little Words No One Ever Learns but Which are Very Important 271 Chapter 2 288 A: Defective Nouns and Adjectives 288 […]
Chapter 1 63 A: Sound Verbs, Form I 63 Sound Verbs, Form I: the Jussive 67 B: Hollow Verbs, Form I 71 Hollow Verbs, Form […]
The verb رأى, يرى is perhaps the only truly irregular verb in the language. In the past tense it conjugates exactly like the verb بني, […]
Below is a list in Arabic of some of the more common colors. Color Plural (M. and F.) Feminine Masculine Black سودٌ سَوْداءُ أَسْودُ White […]
In Modern Standard Arabic the ordinal numbers are used to tell time. Although in colloquial Arabic, the cardinal numbers are usually used, in the media, […]
The following is a review of the number system in Modern Standard Arabic and how it is used grammatically. The discussion below will cover both […]
Idaafas are treated in detail in Part I. However, in Part I, the focus is on idaafas composed of two or more nouns in a […]
The material below is based largely on material dealing with the same subject in Chapters 34 and 44 of EMSA, Vol. II. Look there for […]
Indeclinable nouns and adjectives end in alif maqsuura with two fathas representing nunation. For example, مُسْتَشْفَى Often the nunation is not pronounced, but it will […]
The term “diptote” is composed of “di” meaning “two” (and sometimes a “princess”) and “tote” which I believe is a kind of umbrella. Diptotes have […]
In Part II of this book defective verbs are discussed throughout. In Chapter Two of Part II under the discussion of active participles there is […]
This section is intended for use as a reference and for occasional perusal. The number of words and phrases included below could easily be expanded […]