Ebook: Arabic: an essential grammar

Note continued: ch. 33 Verbs with a weak final radical, doubly weak verbs and weak verbs with hamzah -- ch. 34 Cardinal numbers -- ch. 35 Ordinal numbers, fractions, expressions of time and calendars -- ch. 36 Exception -- ch. 37 Expressions of wonder, the copula laysa, and special usages of the preposition bi ... -- ch. 38 Adverbs, absolute or inner object, hal (circumstantial clause) and tamyiz (accusative of specification) -- ch. 39 Conditional sentences.;Note continued: ch. 17 Imperfect tense verbs in the indicative and word order -- ch. 18 Derived verb forms, roots (stems) and radicals, transitive and intransitive verbs -- ch. 19 Passive verbs -- ch. 20 Rules for writing the hamzah (hamzatu l-qat'i) -- ch. 21 Broken (internal) plurals and collective nouns -- ch. 22 Triptotes and diptotes -- ch. 23 Participles, verbal nouns (masdar), nouns of place, time and instrument -- ch. 24 Interrogative particles, pronouns and vocative particles -- ch. 25 Adjectival patterns, relative adjectives (nisbah), comparatives, superlatives and diminutives -- ch. 26 `Inna, kana and their sister-words -- ch. 27 Relative pronouns and relative clauses -- ch. 28 Moods: subjunctive, jussive and imperative -- ch. 29 Doubled verbs (mediae geminatae) and quadriliteral verbs -- ch. 30 Verbs with hamzah -- ch. 31 Verbs with a weak initial radical -- ch. 32 Verbs with a weak middle radical;"This new edition of Arabic: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of the language. Suitable for beginners, as well as intermediate students, the book offers a strong foundation for learning the fundamental grammar and structure of Arabic. The complexities of the language are set out in short, readable sections, while exercises and examples are provided throughout. Features of this new edition include:coverage of the Arabic script and alphabeta chapter on Arabic handwritinga guide to pronunciationfull examples throughout. Ideal for independent learners and for classroom study, Arabic: An Essential Grammar is the complete reference guide to the most important aspects of modern literary Arabic."--Provided by publisher.;Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Arabic script, transliteration and alphabet table -- ch. 2 Pronunciation of consonants -- ch. 3 Punctuation and handwriting -- ch. 4 Vowels -- ch. 5 Sukun, saddah, noun cases and nunation as the indefinite form -- ch. 6 Long vowels, alif maqsurah, dagger or miniature 'alif, word stress and syllable structure -- ch. 7 Hamzah (hamzatu l-qat'i) and the maddah sign -- ch. 8 Definite article 'al., nominal sentences, verbal sentences, word order and adjectives -- ch. 9 Sun letters, moon letters, and hamzatu l-wasli (waslah) -- ch. 10 Gender -- ch. 11 Conjunctions, prepositions and the particle hatta -- ch. 12 Idafah construction (genitive attribute) and the five nouns -- ch. 13 Numbers: dual and plural -- ch. 14 Perfect tense verbs, root and radicals, triliteral verbs and word order -- ch. 15 Separate personal pronouns and suffix pronouns -- ch. 16 Demonstrative, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns (ba'dun)