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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 theContinue reading “Authentic Arabic Exercise #3”

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 toContinue reading “Final Note”

Is this book for you?

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 findingContinue reading “Is this book for you?”

Chapter One Table of Contents

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

Authors Preface

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 theContinue reading “Authors Preface”