Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course (Book Only)

by Smart, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780071430173
• ISBN10: 0071430172
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Talk like an Egyptian. Teach yourself Arabic!With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu; Ancient Greek to Modern Persian; Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow any of theTeach Yourself Language Coursesat your own pace or use them as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are professionally designed for self-guided study, making them one of the most enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find.Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar Regular and irregular verb tables Plenty of practice exercises and answers Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout An exploration of the culture And much more

Author Biography

Jack Smart has been teaching Arabic for 40 years .

Frances Altorfer is a modern language teacher .

Table of Contents

Introduction & How to use this course	1	(7)
Arabic script and pronunciation guide	8	(171)
1 fal-nabda
Let's get started!	24	(16)
Greeting people, making short descriptive phrases, definites and indefinites
2 at-tafaaSiil ash-shakhSiyyah
Personal details	40	(14)
Meeting people, saying where you are from, simple sentences with is/are, saying there is/there are, numbers 1-	-10	(64)
3 kayfa taSif nafs-ak
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
4 háadhaa wa-dháalik
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
5 báyt-naa báyt-kum
Our house is your house	90	(12)
Talking about your family, saying who things belong to, describing things, numbers 21-100
6 áyna wásaT al-madiinah?
Where is the town centre?	102	(15)
Giving simple directions, talking about more places around town and their location, saying what belongs to whom
7 máadhaa fa:ált?
What did you do?	117	(18)
Talking about things which happened in the past, means of transport, Arabic verbs, saying me, him, them, etc.
8 kaana yaa maa kaan
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
9 akthar min waaHid
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
10 maadhaa ta:mal?
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
11 al-a:yaad al-islaamiyyah
Islamic Festivals	202	(20)
The main Islamic Festivals, special greetings for festival days, the Islamic calendar; asking questions, saying to have
12 SafHat al-mar'ah
Woman's page	222	(9)
Talking about nationalities
13 al-khaliij al-:arabi
The Arabian Gulf	231	(18)
More about describing places, saying who, which, that, etc., passive verbs
14 as-sam: wa T-Taa:ah
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
15 al-:arab fui huuliiwuud
The Arabs in Hollywood	265	(17)
Making comparisons, saying how things are done, shopping
16 SafHat ar-riyaaDah
Sports page	282	(14)
Sports and leisure activities, talking about colours, describing how or when you have done something
17 in shaa' Al-laah
If God wills	296	(15)
Talking about what you hope to do, making suggestions
18 min kull balad khabar
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