Table of Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... i Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. v Key to Transcription System ........................................................................................................... xi Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................. xv Notes on Punctuation .................................................................................................................... xvi
4. “yi3Tīk l3āfyeŧ! / !”يِ ْعطيؾ العا ْفيِة.......................................................................................... 3 Unit 2: How Are You? ............................................................................................................... 5 Unit 3: Saying Goodbye ........................................................................................................... 13 1. Standard Goodbye .............................................................................................................. 13 2. Pleased to Meet You .......................................................................................................... 14 3. Good Night ......................................................................................................................... 14 4. Casual Goodbye ................................................................................................................. 15
LESSON 1 Unit 1: Pronouns....................................................................................................................... 17 1. Subjective Personal Pronouns ............................................................................................ 17 2. Subjective Personal Pronouns with Nouns and Proper Nouns ........................................... 18 3. Demonstrative Pronouns .................................................................................................... 20 4. Asking Questions ............................................................................................................... 20 4.1. Questions Using “who / mīn / ”ميف............................................................................. 21 4.2. Yes/No Questions ........................................................................................................ 22 5. Culture Point: The “Non-Verbal No”................................................................................. 23 Unit 2: The Singular Noun ...................................................................................................... 24 1. Masculine Nouns ................................................................................................................ 24 2. Feminine Nouns ................................................................................................................. 25 2.1. Feminine Nouns without tāå marbūTaŧ ....................................................................... 26 2.2. The Vowel before the tāå marbūTaŧ ............................................................................ 26
3. The Pronunciation of Āalif (“ā-ē / )”ا................................................................................ 27 4. Questions Using “what / šū / ”شك....................................................................................... 28
5. Yes/No Questions .............................................................................................................. 29 Unit 3: The Definite Article ..................................................................................................... 32 1. Pronunciation of the Definite Article (Moon Letters and Sun Letters) ............................. 32
2. Liaison with the Definite Article ....................................................................................... 34 Examples .................................................................................................................................... 35 3. Contraction of the Demonstrative Pronouns ...................................................................... 35 Unit 4: Expressing Possession and Association ..................................................................... 37 1. The Idafa Construction (“lĀiDāfaŧ / )”اإلضاَفة................................................................... 37 2. The preposition “la / ”َلػ....................................................................................................... 40 Unit 5: Introduction to the Simple Present Tense................................................................. 42 1. Overview of Verb Conjugation .......................................................................................... 42
ِ ”) .......................................... 43 ِ الف ِعل الم 2. The Simple Present Tense (“lfi3il lmuDāri3 / ضارع 3. Saying More About Yourself ............................................................................................. 44 to study: “daras [byidrus] / ][بِي ْدرس ْ ” َد َرس- Simple Present Tense .................................... 45 Negating the Simple Present Tense of “daras [byidrus] / ][بِي ْدرس ْ ” َد َرس........................... 46 to speak: “Hakā [byiHké] / ][بيِ ْحكي ْ ” َحكى- Simple Present Tense ................................... 47 Negating the Simple Present Tense of “Hakā [byiHké] / ][بيِ ْحكي ْ ” َحكى........................... 48
LESSON 2 Unit 1: Possessive Determiners and Pronouns ...................................................................... 51 1. Possessive Determiners ...................................................................................................... 51 1.1. Possessive Determiners after a Consonant ................................................................. 52 1.1.1. office: “maktab / ”م ْكتَب+ Possessive Determiners ............................................. 52
2. Independent Possessive Pronouns ...................................................................................... 65 Unit 2: Where Are You From? ............................................................................................... 51 1. Countries, Capitals and Cities ............................................................................................ 69
ِ ”) .............................................................................................. 71 2. The Nisba (“nnisba / الن ْس َبة 2.1. Forming the Nisba ....................................................................................................... 72
ِ ”) ............................................................................. 73 2.2. Nationalities (“jinsiyyēt / ج ْن ِسيات ِ ” with the Possessive Determiners.......................................................... 74 “jinsiyyeŧ / ج ْن ِسيِة Unit 3: Prepositions of Place ................................................................................................... 76 Unit 4: Where Do You Live? ................................................................................................... 85 1. Introduction to the Active Participle .................................................................................. 85 1.1. Positive Statements ..................................................................................................... 86 1.2. Negative Statements .................................................................................................... 86 2. Summary: Negation of Verbs, Nouns, and Active Participles ........................................... 88 Unit 5: Dialogue - Greetings and Introductions .................................................................... 89
LESSON 3 Unit 1: The Simple Present Tense Prefixes ............................................................................ 91 1. Set 1 Prefixes ...................................................................................................................... 92