Rila il Bild al-Arab starts with the Arabic alphabet and gradually and systematically builds the reading and writing skills and mastery of Fu grammar. As students develop their reading, writing, and grammar skills, they will be learning about Arab history, society, and culture. This book contextualizes Arabic grammar teaching with sufficient and relevant drills and exercises. Added personal and cultural interest is given by the diary of Amal, an American student of Arab descent, who travels to Jordan and Palestine.
This textbook includes maps, illustrations, and photographs and is accompanied by audio on the companion website that can be viewed here: www.routledge.com/cw/younes .
The book is designed for Arabic heritage studentsstudents who can understand and speak an Arabic dialect (Egyptian, Iraqi, Moroccan, etc.) but are unfamiliar with Modern Standard Arabic, known as Fu.
Introduction
New Letters and Numbers
New Words
Grammar
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No verb "to be" in Arabic
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The definite article al ()
The taa marbuuTa
The construct and the taa marbuuTa
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Sun and moon letters
More on the construct ()
Subject
Grammar
The nisba adjective
More on (taa marbuuTa)
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Stems
Noun Stems, :
Singular, dual, plural; The case system
Tenses, gender, and agreement; Non-human Plural Nouns; Verb-Subject
(Dis)agreement
Possessive and object pronouns; Verb Stems
; The comparative
; Number-Noun Agreement, :
; Root Types: Sound, Assimilated, Hollow, and Doubled
More on Root Types; Root Types and Verb Conjugations
The Forms of the Arabic Verb; The skeleton; Forms I, II and V
Lame Roots, Forms IV and VIII
First root letter assimilation in Form VIII; Form VII; Passive Voice
Forms III and X
The Arabic (verbal noun)
Form VI,
More on the Arabic Case System;
The Dual
The Comparative/Superlative ()
Moods of the Arabic Verb (Basic Facts), Reading Arabic Poetry (with )
Person/Subject Markers (full paradigm), past and present
Possessive and object pronouns;
Negation
; More on Verb Stems and Forms
Different functions of the prefix
The Active Participle, the Passive Participle and the Verbal Noun
Method of derivation of APs and PPs,
Conjugation of Verbs Based on Defective Roots
assimilation of , ex. Derivation (AP, PP, VN);
How Knowledge of Roots, Verb Forms and Noun Patterns Helps You Learn Arabic
Looking up words in the dictionary
Looking up words in the dictionary-continued
Additional Readings
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Index
Munther Younes is Reis Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language and Linguistics and Director of the Arabic Program at Cornell University, USA. He is the co-author of the Arabiyyat al-Naas textbook series and the author of the following books: The Routledge Introduction to Quranic Arabic, Kalila wa Dimna for Students of Arabic, The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction, and Charging Steeds or Maidens Doing Good Deeds: In search of the Original Quran, all published by Routledge.
