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D: Verb Charts – Doubled Verbs
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Doubled verbs are problematic in Forms I, IV, VII, VIII and X. Here you will find charts for all of these forms with the exception…
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C: Verb Charts – Defective Verbs
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On the following pages you will find verb charts for defective verbs in Forms I-VIII and X. Four different categories of Form I defectives are…
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B: Verb Charts – Assimilated Verbs
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Assimilated verbs are problematic primarily in Form I. However, you should also keep in mind that Form IV assimilated verbs in the present passive look…
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A: Verb Charts – Sound Verbs
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In this section you will find conjugation charts for sound verbs in Forms I-X. For all forms, a chart for the active voice is presented…
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A: How to be a good Arabic student
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With the exception of Parts I and II, this may be the most important part of this book. Read it and think about it. Foreigners…
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A: How to us the “Hans Wehr” Dictionary
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In Part II Chapter 4, I discussed the use of a dictionary in a manner designed to increase reading effectiveness. I discussed the necessity of…
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Table of Contents: Part III
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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…
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Table of Contents: Part II – Verbally Speaking
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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…
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C: The Verb يَرى , رأى
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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,…
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B: Colors
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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…
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A: How to Tell Time
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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,…
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A: Arabic Numbers
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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…