Intermediate Arabic For Dummies (eBook)

Keith Massey (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2008 | 1. Auflage
360 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-43150-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Looking to enhance your Arabic writing skills? IntermediateArabic For Dummies gives you practical examples and usefulexercises so you can practice writing the language like a native.From vocabulary and numbers to juggling tenses, you'll get aclear understanding of the nuances of Arabic style and usage thatwill have you writing in no time!

This friendly, hands-on workbook starts with a helpful grammarreview from nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to pronouns,prepositions, and conjunctions. It presents words and examples inboth Arabic script and English transliteration. You'll findtips for selecting the correct verbs and charts that provideconjugations of regular and irregular Arabic verbs, andend-of-chapter answer keys help you focus your studies. And, youcan practice your Arabic writing right in the book. Discover howto:
* Improve your written Arabic skills
* Understand Arabic style and usage
* Use numbers times and dates
* Read and write the Arabic alphabet
* Use fundamental Arabic grammar
* Communicate more effectively in Arabic
* Grasp essential differences in Arabic and English usage
* Join clauses and form conditional sentences
* Use the verbal noun and participles
* Write emails, personal letters, and other correspondence
* Conduct business effectively in Arabic
* Avoid common mistakes in Arabic

Complete with helpful English/Arabic and Arabic/Englishdictionaries and great hints for fine-tuning your Arabic,Intermediate Arabic For Dummies is the tool you need tostart improving your Arabic writing now!

Autor

Keith Massey earned his BA in classical studies and his PhD in biblical Hebrew and Arabic. He is currently an Arabic instructor and a high school Latin teacher. After 9/11, Massey worked as an Arabic language specialist for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Inhalt

Introduction.

Part I: Polishing Your Arabic Skills.

Chapter 1: Looking at Numbers, Times, and Dates.

Chapter 2: Arabic 101 Refresher.

Chapter 3: The Write Stuff: How to Read and Write the ArabicAlphabet.

Part II: Becoming a Master at Using Nouns.

Chapter 4: Making Your Case with the Three Cases of the ArabicNoun.

Chapter 5: Forming the Plural in Arabic.

Chapter 6: Bringing Your Sentences to Life with Adjectives andAdverbs.

Chapter 7: Making Connections: Mastering the 'iDaafaConstruction.

Chapter 8: Pronouns: Relatively Speaking.

Part III: Staying Active: Forming Arabic Verbs.

Chapter 9: Forms and Functions: The Forms of the ArabicVerb.

Chapter 10: Exploring Irregularity in Arabic Verbs.

Chapter 11: Using the Imperative in Commands.

Chapter 12: Writing to the Point with Object Suffixes andPronouns.

Chapter 13: The Indicative, Jussive, and Subjunctive Moods ofthe Arabic Verb.

Part IV: Enlivening Your Writing with Particles.

Chapter 14: Forming Conditional Sentences.

Chapter 15: Picking up the Pieces using Particles andPartitives.

Chapter 16: Uncovering the Source of the Verbal Noun.

Chapter 17: Being Positive About Adding the Negative to ArabicSentences.

Chapter 18: Active and Passive Participles.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19: Ten Mistakes to Avoid in Arabic.

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Fine-Tune Your Arabic Skills.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Verb Chart.

Appendix B: English-Arabic Dictionary.

Appendix C: Arabic-English Dictionary.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Foreign Languages • Foreign Languages Special Topics • Fremdsprachen • Spezialthemen Fremdsprachen
• ISBN-10: 0-470-43150-4 / 0470431504
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-43150-4 / 9780470431504