Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course

by Smart, Jack; Altorfer, Frances

• ISBN13: 9780658015878
• ISBN10: 0658015877
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-08
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Functional and fun, "Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course offers full pronunciation guides, grammar summaries, dialogues, cultural notes, vocabulary charts, and irregular verb tables. It is ideal for a thorough study of Arabic, from comprehension to speaking, from writing skills to understanding the culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction & How to use this course	1	(8)
Arabic script and pronuncation guide	8	(321)
Let's get started!	24	(16)
Greeting people, making short descriptive phrases, definites and indefinites
Personal details	40	(14)
Meeting people, saying where you are from, simple sentences with is/are, saying there is/there are, numbers 1--10
How you describe yourself	54	(14)
Saying your nationality, saying which languages you speak, talking about more than one object, some places around town, what your profession is
This and that	68	(22)
Telling the time, asking about opening times, days of the week, numbers 11--20, making phrases and sentences with this, that, those
Our house is your house	90	(12)
Talking about your family, saying who things belong to, describing things, numbers 21--100
Where is the town centre?	102	(15)
Giving simple directions, talking about more places around town and their location, saying what belongs to whom
What did you do?	117	(18)
Talking about things which happened in the past, means of transport, Arabic verbs, saying me, him, them, etc.
Once upon a time	135	(23)
Saying was/were, is/are not; describing something, saying became, a new type of is/are sentence, saying you had done something
More than one	158	(21)
Looking for a job in the paper, looking for a flat or a house, talking about more than one person or thing, saying these/those, talking about two people or things
What do you do?	179	(23)
Saying what you do every day, talking about your interests, saying what you like or dislike, saying what you will do in the future; more about not
Islamic Festivals	202	(20)
The main Islamic Festivals, special greetings for festival days, the Islamic calendar; asking questions, saying to have
Woman's page	222	(9)
Talking about nationalities
The Arabian Gulf	231	(18)
More about describing places, saying who, which, that, etc., passive verbs
Hearing is obeying (The Arabian Nights)	249	(16)
Following a recipe, telling people to do something, addressing people or attracting their attention, duals and masculine plurals in possessive constructions
The Arabs in Hollywood	265	(17)
Making comparisons, saying how things are done, shopping
Sports page	282	(14)
Sports and leisure activities, talking about colours, describing how or when you have done something
If God wills	296	(15)
Talking about what you hope to do, making suggestions
News from every country	311	(18)
Talking about each, every, all and some. Using irregular nouns and adjectives
Key to the exercises	329	(26)
Listening transcripts	355	(2)
Glossary of language terms	357	(4)
Verb tables	361	(22)
Arabic--English vocabulary	383	(14)
English--Arabic vocabulary	397	(13)
Grammar index	410