Arabic Grammar for Beginners 2

Arabic Grammar for Beginners (Second Edition) is a classical Arabic grammar for readers who want to understand the Qur’an in its own language. The whole book is included, with no ads, no sign-up and no internet needed. NEW IN THIS UPDATED EDITION • A short test after every topic, with the answers at the back of the book • Carefully corrected throughout: over 1,000 fixes to the Arabic, the transliteration and the explanations • A new introduction, and Arabic phrases now display in the correct reading order WHAT IS INSIDE • 14 chapters of word morphology (‘ilm-us-sarf) and the basics of syntax: nouns, compounds and sentences, numbers, the past and imperfect tenses, the passive, particles, kaana and laisa, irregular verbs, the augmented Forms II–X, the derivatives and verbal idioms • Thousands of examples and over 90 tables to memorize from: cover the answer column and test yourself • Every Arabic word fully vowelled and transliterated READER • Contents, search in Arabic or English (vowel marks optional), adjustable text size, bookmarks, and it remembers your page WHO IT IS FOR This book does not teach Arabic from zero. It assumes you can read Arabic script at a basic level (a teacher is best for learning to read and pronounce). Chapters 1 and 2 revise the alphabet, the vowels and the joining of letters. Also by the author: Nahw Meer: An English Guide to Arabic Sentences, and Darsi Tafseer English Condensed.