Introduction to Part II
Mastering the verb system of Arabic is essential if you ever wish to attain any degree of proficiencywhatsoever in the language. In fact, a student […]
Part 2 – Verbally Speaking
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D: The Conditional
The conditional is a very important item in Arabic, as it is in other languages. I consider it to be an essential item to be […]
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C: The Future
The future in Arabic is very easy. In fact, it is so easy that I am not even going to provide a drill on it. […]
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B: Quadriliteral Verbs
Quadriliteral verbs have roots made of four consonants instead of the usual three. They exist in four forms, only two of which occur with any […]
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A: Forms IX and X
Form IX verbs are extremely rare and are used only in reference to colors and to physical and mental defects. The complete conjugations are in […]
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C: The Tamyiiz Construction
You have already studied (and mastered) the elative. The elative is quite flexible and can be used for a great number of adjectives as you […]
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B: The Haal Construction
Now we come to a very common construction in Arabic which students often fail to recognize when they are reading due to the problem of […]
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A: Forms VII and VIII
I will treat Forms VII and VIII together due to some important similarities between the two forms with respect to hollow and doubled verbs. Additionally, […]
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C: The Cognate Accusative
You no doubt have seen sentences such as the following:أكرمني إكراما عظيما . This is usually referred to as the cognate accusative in English. It […]
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B: Relative Clauses
There are two primary types of relative clauses in Arabic. You need to be completely familiar with both of them. In addition, there are a […]
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A: Form V and Form VI Verbs
In this chapter we will treat Forms V and VI together because of the similarities in their structures. تَعَلَّمَ is a Form V verb […]
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D: The Impersonal Passive
In Chapter Three of Part II, I mentioned that there were two other items concerning the passive which I wanted to mention. The first […]