Introduction |
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The Aim of this Book |
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Why Learn/Teach Grammar? |
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Is the Arabic Language Difficult to Learn? |
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The Organization and Content of the Book |
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Background Knowledge Required of the Reader |
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Transliteration Symbols of Arabic Sounds |
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Abbreviations |
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1 Arabic Script and Sounds |
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1 | (29) |
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1.1 Arabic Script: The Alphabet |
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2 | (3) |
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5 | (8) |
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1.2.1 Vowels and Grammatical Vowel Endings |
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5 | (3) |
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8 | (2) |
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1.2.3 Variations in Consonants and Vowels |
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10 | (2) |
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1.2.4 Diphthongs and other Sound Combinations |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (2) |
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15 | (2) |
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1.4.1 Presence of a Long Vowel |
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15 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Presence of Two Long Vowels |
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16 | (1) |
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1.4.3 Absence of a Long Vowel |
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16 | (1) |
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1.5 Spelling Variations of `alif |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (3) |
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1.8 Formal MSA vs. Informal MSA |
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23 | (1) |
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1.9 Helping Vowels and Dropping the hamza of the Definite Article |
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24 | (3) |
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1.9.1 The fatHa Helping Vowel [ a] |
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25 | (1) |
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1.9.2 The Damma Helping Vowel [ u] |
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25 | (1) |
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1.9.3 The kasra Helping Vowel [ i] |
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26 | (1) |
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1.10 Dropping the hamza and `alif Seat of the Definite Article in Writing |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (33) |
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2.1 The Basic Components of the Arabic Word: Root and Pattern |
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30 | (6) |
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36 | (10) |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (5) |
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2.2.3 Gender in Adjectives |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (15) |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (1) |
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2.3.2.1 Regular/Sound Plural Masculine |
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51 | (2) |
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2.3.2.2 Regular/Sound Plural Feminine |
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53 | (4) |
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2.3.2.3 Irregular/Broken Plural |
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57 | (4) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (14) |
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3.1 Noun-adjective Phrase |
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63 | (6) |
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3.1.1 Real Attributive Adjective |
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64 | (3) |
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3.1.2 Causative Attributive Adjective |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (5) |
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3.4 Adjective `iDaafa Phrase |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (27) |
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77 | (13) |
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4.1.1 Basic Structure of the Verbal Sentence |
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77 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Verb-Subject Agreement |
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78 | (2) |
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4.1.3 Tenses of the Verbal Sentence |
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80 | (1) |
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4.1.3.1 The Simple Present Tense and its Negation |
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80 | (1) |
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4.1.3.2 The Present Continuous Tense and its Negation |
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81 | (1) |
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4.1.3.3 The Present Perfect Tense and its Negation |
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82 | (1) |
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4.1.3.4 The Simple Past Tense and its Negation |
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83 | (1) |
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4.1.3.5 The Past Continuous Tense and its Negation |
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84 | (1) |
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4.1.3.6 The Habitual Past Tense and its Negation |
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85 | (1) |
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4.1.3.7 The Past Perfect Tense and its Negation |
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86 | (1) |
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4.1.3.8 The Simple Future Tense and its Negation |
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87 | (1) |
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4.1.3.9 The Future Continuous Tense and its Negation |
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88 | (1) |
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4.1.3.10 The Future Perfect Tense and its Negation |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (12) |
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4.2.1 Structure of the Nominal Sentence |
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90 | (1) |
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4.2.1.1 Nominal Sentences Containing a Verb Predicate |
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90 | (1) |
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4.2.1.2 Nominal/Verbless Sentences Containing an Indefinite Predicate |
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91 | (1) |
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4.2.1.3 Nominal/Verbless Sentences Containing a Definite Predicate |
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92 | (1) |
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4.2.1.4 Nominal Sentences Containing an Indefinite Subject |
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93 | (1) |
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4.2.1.5 Nominal Sentences Containing a Sentence Predicate |
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94 | (1) |
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4.2.1.6 Nominal Sentences Containing a Clause Subject |
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95 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Negation of Nominal Sentences |
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95 | (2) |
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4.2.3 The Past Tense of the Nominal Sentence and its Negation |
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97 | (1) |
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4.2.4 The Future Tense of the Nominal Sentence and its Negation |
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98 | (1) |
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4.2.5 Kaana and its Sisters |
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99 | (1) |
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4.2.6 `inna and its Sisters |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (15) |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (1) |
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5.4 Demonstrative Pronouns |
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109 | (2) |
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5.5 Relative Pronouns and the Definite Relative Clause |
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111 | (2) |
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5.6 Dropping of Relative Pronouns and the Indefinite Relative Clause |
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113 | (1) |
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5.7 The Particles maa and man Functioning as Relative Pronouns |
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114 | (1) |
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5.8 Sound Changes to Pronoun and Word Endings |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (13) |
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6.1 Basic meanings and Use of Prepositions |
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119 | (7) |
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120 | (1) |
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6.1.2 `ilaa "to," "until" |
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120 | (1) |
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6.1.3 can "from," "off," "about," "instead of" |
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121 | (1) |
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6.1.4 calaa "on," "about," "for" |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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6.1.6 hattaa "up to," "until" |
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122 | (1) |
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6.1.7 mundhu "for," "since" |
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123 | (1) |
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6.1.8 bi- "by," "in," "on," "for" |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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6.1.10 ka- "like," "such as" |
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124 | (1) |
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6.1.11 maa "with," "at," "along" |
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125 | (1) |
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6.1.12 wa- "by," "with," "at" |
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125 | (1) |
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6.2 Idiomatic Usage and Expressions Involving Prepositions |
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126 | (1) |
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6.3 Occurrence with Pronoun Suffixes and Resulting Sound Changes |
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126 | (4) |
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130 | (2) |
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7 Question Words and Question Formation |
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132 | (11) |
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7.1 Question Formation and Question Words |
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132 | (10) |
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7.1.1 bal "Yes/No" Question Word |
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133 | (1) |
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7.1.2 "Yes/No" Question Particle |
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133 | (2) |
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7.1.3 man "Who" Question Word |
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135 | (1) |
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7.1.4 maa "What" Question Word |
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135 | (1) |
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7.1.5 maadhaa "What" Question Word |
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136 | (1) |
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7.1.6 limaadhaa "Why" Question Word |
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137 | (1) |
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7.1.7 mataa "When" Question Word |
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137 | (1) |
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7.1.8 `ayna "Where" Question Word |
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138 | (1) |
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7.1.9 kayfa "How" Question Word |
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138 | (1) |
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7.1.10 kam "How Many" Question Word |
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139 | (1) |
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7.1.11 `ayy "Which/Which One" Question Word |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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8 Adverbs of Time and Place |
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143 | (11) |
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143 | (4) |
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147 | (1) |
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8.3 Words Used as Adverbs of Time or Place |
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148 | (1) |
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8.4 Dropping of Adverbs while Retaining Adverbial Meaning |
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149 | (1) |
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8.5 Occurrence of Adverbs of Time and Place with Prepositions |
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149 | (2) |
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8.6 Expressing Adverbial Meanings by a Preposition Followed by a Noun |
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151 | (1) |
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8.7 Other Uses of Adverbs |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (7) |
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9.1 Adverbs of Manner Occurring as a Single Word |
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154 | (2) |
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9.2 Adverbs of Manner Occurring as Non-derived Nouns |
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156 | (1) |
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9.3 Adverbs of Manner Occurring as a Phrase |
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157 | (1) |
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9.4 Adverbs of Manner Occurring as a Verbal Sentence |
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157 | (1) |
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9.5 Adverbs of Manner Occurring as a Nominal Sentence |
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158 | (1) |
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9.6 Dropping of Adverbs of Manner with Prepositional and Adverbial Phrases |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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10 Adverbs of Specification |
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161 | (4) |
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10.1 Adverbs of Specification Clarifying an Ambiguous Word |
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161 | (2) |
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10.2 Adverbs of Specification Clarifying an Ambiguous Verb |
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163 | (1) |
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10.3 Adverbs of Specification Clarifying an Ambiguous (Nominal) Sentence |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (4) |
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11.1 Adverbs of Cause Occurring as Indefinite Singular Verbal Noun/Gerund |
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165 | (1) |
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11.2 Adverbs of Cause Occurring as an `iDaafa Phrase |
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166 | (1) |
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11.3 Other Ways of Expressing Adverbs of Cause |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (1) |
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12 Adverbs of Emphasis/Cognate Accusative |
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169 | (5) |
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12.1 Adverbs of Emphasis Emphasizing a Verb/Action or a Word in a Sentence |
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169 | (1) |
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12.2 Other Uses of Adverbs of Emphasis |
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170 | (1) |
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12.3 Adverbs of Emphasis Emphasizing a Sentence |
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171 | (1) |
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12.4 Adverbs of Emphasis Occurring as an `iDaafa Phrase |
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172 | (1) |
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12.5 Dropping Adverbs of Emphasis |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (63) |
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13.1 Common Triliteral Verb Forms |
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174 | (4) |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (1) |
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13.2 Meanings of the Common Triliteral Verb Forms |
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178 | (9) |
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13.2.1 Meanings of Form I Verbs |
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179 | (1) |
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13.2.2 Meanings of Form II Verbs |
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180 | (1) |
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13.2.3 Meanings of Form III Verbs |
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180 | (1) |
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13.2.4 Meanings of Form IV Verbs |
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181 | (1) |
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13.2.5 Meanings of Form V Verbs |
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181 | (1) |
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13.2.6 Meanings of Form VI Verbs |
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181 | (1) |
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13.2.7 Meanings of Form VII Verbs |
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182 | (1) |
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13.2.8 Meanings of Form VIII Verbs |
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182 | (1) |
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13.2.9 Meanings of Form IX Verbs |
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183 | (1) |
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13.2.10 Meanings of Form X Verbs |
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183 | (1) |
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13.2.11 Deriving Forms II-X from Form I Verbs |
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184 | (2) |
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13.2.12 Triliteral Verb Form XI |
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186 | (1) |
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13.3 Common Quadriliteral Verb Forms |
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187 | (2) |
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13.4 Categories of Arabic Verbs and Conjugations |
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189 | (23) |
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13.4.1 Conjugation of Sound Verbs |
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189 | (3) |
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13.4.2 Conjugation of Geminated Verbs |
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192 | (1) |
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13.4.3 Conjugation of hamzated Verbs |
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193 | (2) |
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13.4.4 Conjugation of Assimilated Verbs |
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195 | (2) |
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13.4.5 Conjugation of Hollow Verbs |
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197 | (6) |
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13.4.6 Conjugation of Defective Verbs |
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203 | (7) |
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13.4.7 Conjugation of Non-separated, Double Weak Verbs |
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210 | (1) |
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13.4.8 Conjugation of Separated, Double Weak Verbs |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (15) |
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13.5.1 Imperative of Form I (Triliteral Verbs) |
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212 | (2) |
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13.5.2 Imperative of Forms II-III (Triliteral Verbs) |
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214 | (1) |
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13.5.3 Imperative of Form IV (Triliteral Verbs) |
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215 | (1) |
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13.5.4 Imperative of Forms V-VI (Triliteral Verbs) |
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216 | (1) |
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13.5.5 Imperative of Forms VII-VIII and X (Triliteral Verbs) |
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217 | (1) |
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13.5.6 Imperative of Quadriliteral Verbs (Form |
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218 | (1) |
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13.5.7 Imperative of Derived Quadriliteral Verbs |
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219 | (1) |
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13.5.8 Imperative of hamzated Verbs |
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220 | (1) |
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13.5.9 Imperative of Geminated Verbs |
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220 | (2) |
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13.5.10 Imperative of Assimilated Verbs |
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222 | (1) |
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13.5.11 Imperative of Hollow Verbs |
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223 | (1) |
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13.5.12 Imperative of Defective Verbs |
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224 | (2) |
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13.5.13 Imperative of Non-separated, Double Weak Verbs |
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226 | (1) |
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13.5.14 Imperative of Separated, Double Weak Verbs |
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226 | (1) |
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13.5.15 Imperative of Two Common Irregular Verbs |
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227 | (1) |
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13.6 The Negative Imperative |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (7) |
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13.7.1 The Past-tense Passive Voice |
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229 | (4) |
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13.7.2 The Present-tense Passive Voice |
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233 | (3) |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (24) |
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14.1 The Non-derived Noun |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (3) |
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14.2.1 Verbal Nouns of Form I Verbs |
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238 | (1) |
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14.2.2 Verbal Nouns of Forms II-X Verbs |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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14.3 The Active Participle |
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241 | (3) |
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14.3.1 Active Participle Use |
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243 | (1) |
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14.4 The Passive Participle |
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244 | (2) |
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14.4.1 Passive Participle Use |
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246 | (1) |
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14.5 Nouns of Time and Place |
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246 | (4) |
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14.5.1 Nouns of Time and Place Derived from Form I Verbs |
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246 | (3) |
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14.5.2 Nouns of Time and Place Derived from Forms II-X Verbs |
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249 | (1) |
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14.5.3 Nouns of Time and Place Derived from Nouns |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (3) |
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14.7.1 Nouns of Once Derived from Form I Verbs |
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251 | (1) |
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14.7.2 Nouns of Once Derived from Forms II-X Verbs |
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252 | (2) |
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14.8 Derived Abstract Nouns |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (3) |
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14.9.1 Use of the Diminutive |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (20) |
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15.1 Main Adjective Patterns |
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261 | (6) |
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15.1.1 Meanings of Adjective Patterns |
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267 | (1) |
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15.2 Color and Bodily Defect/Beauty Adjective Patterns |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (1) |
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15.4 The Comparative and Superlative |
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270 | (5) |
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15.4.1 The Comparative Form |
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270 | (2) |
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15.4.2 The Superlative Forms and |
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272 | (1) |
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15.4.3 The Comparative and Superlative of Derived Words |
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273 | (2) |
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15.5 The Active Participle |
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275 | (1) |
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15.6 The Passive Participle |
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276 | (1) |
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15.7 The Relative/nisba Adjective |
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277 | (3) |
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280 | (1) |
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16 Quantifiers and Emphasis |
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281 | (16) |
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281 | (12) |
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16.1.1 "No one" and "Nothing" |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (2) |
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16.1.5 And and "Many of," "Many," and "Many" |
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286 | (1) |
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16.1.6 "A Few," "A Little" |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (1) |
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16.1.10 "Both M" and "Both F" |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (2) |
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16.3 Other Ways of Expressing Emphasis |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (9) |
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17.1 The Possible/Probable Conditional Sentence |
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297 | (5) |
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17.1.1 Use of Other Structures and Tenses |
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300 | (1) |
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17.1.2 Use of the Particle |
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300 | (2) |
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17.2 The Improbable Conditional Sentence |
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302 | (2) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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17.3 The Impossible Conditional Sentence |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (7) |
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18.1 Exceptive Words and Their Use |
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306 | (3) |
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307 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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18.2 Variations in the Exceptive Structure |
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309 | (2) |
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18.2.1 Use of Negation Preceding |
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309 | (1) |
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18.2.2 Use of Negation Preceding and |
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309 | (1) |
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18.2.3 Use of Negation and Dropping the Noun Preceding |
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310 | (1) |
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18.2.4 Use of Negation and Dropping the Noun Preceding and |
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310 | (1) |
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18.3 The Structure of "Especially" |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (7) |
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19.1 The Vocative Particle |
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313 | (4) |
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19.1.1 The Vocative Noun as a Proper Name |
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314 | (1) |
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19.1.2 The Vocative Noun as an Indefinite Noun with Reference |
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314 | (1) |
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19.1.3 The Vocative Noun as an Indefinite Noun without Reference |
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314 | (1) |
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19.1.4 The Vocative Noun as an `iDaafa phrase |
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315 | (1) |
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19.1.5 Use of More than One Vocative Noun |
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315 | (1) |
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19.1.6 Use of an Adjective Following the Vocative Noun |
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316 | (1) |
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19.2 Dropping the Vocative Particle |
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317 | (1) |
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19.3 Optative Use of the Vocative Particle |
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317 | (1) |
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19.4 Derogatory Use of the Vocative Particle |
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317 | (1) |
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19.5 The Vocative Particles and |
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318 | (1) |
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318 | (2) |
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320 | (7) |
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20.1 Two Regular Expressions and |
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320 | (4) |
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20.1.1 Exclamation of Form I Verbs |
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320 | (2) |
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20.1.2 Exclamation of Derived Verbs and Words |
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322 | (1) |
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20.1.3 Use of the Particles and with and |
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323 | (1) |
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20.2 Use of the Vocative Particle and the Exclamation Particle |
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324 | (1) |
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20.3 Use of Certain Question Words and Phrases |
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325 | (1) |
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326 | (1) |
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327 | (8) |
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21.1 Types of Apposition Nouns |
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328 | (3) |
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21.1.1 Whole Noun-Noun Apposition |
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328 | (1) |
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21.1.2 Partial Noun-Noun Apposition |
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328 | (1) |
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21.1.3 Inclusive Noun-Noun Apposition |
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329 | (1) |
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21.1.4 Mistaken Noun-Noun Apposition |
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330 | (1) |
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21.2 Definiteness Agreement within Noun-Noun Apposition |
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331 | (1) |
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21.3 Use of "Son" and the Noun Following it as an Apposition Noun |
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331 | (2) |
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333 | (2) |
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22 Triptote, Diptote, and Indeclinable/Invariable |
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335 | (16) |
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22.1 The Indeclinable/Invariable |
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335 | (3) |
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338 | (12) |
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22.2.1 Mood Endings on Present/Imperfect Verbs |
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338 | (1) |
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22.2.2 Case Endings on Nouns and Adjectives |
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339 | (4) |
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343 | (5) |
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22.2.4 Occurrence of Diptotes as Triptotes |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (1) |
References and Further Reading (in Arabic) |
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351 | (1) |
Appendix A The Geometric Basis of Arabic Numerals |
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352 | (1) |
Appendix B The Writing of the hamza |
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353 | (9) |
Appendix C The Phoenician Alphabet |
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362 | (1) |
Appendix D Identifying the Root and Looking up Words in the Dictionary |
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363 | (9) |
Appendix E The Number Phrase |
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372 | (11) |
English Index |
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383 | (6) |
Arabic Index |
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