The Arabic Verb

Features brand-new “Top 300” verb index Includes language tables that enable quick and easy reference Examples using contemporary language provide a sense of real-life situations

This volume is a corpus-based study that unveils the morpho-syntax and the semantics of the Arabic verb.

Introduces the learner to a range of Arabic vocabulary grouped according to subject, including items within the home and school, animals, shapes, fruit and vegetables, and others. This work also provides learners with a basic knowledge of Arabic grammar, enabling them to take their first steps in understanding and using non-verbal sentences.

Practice your way to Arabic fluency Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Verb Tenses goes beyond other verb books to coach you in when and why verb tenses are used. You will find clear and concise explanations that pinpoint why specific tenses work in given situations as well as tons of engaging examples and numerous skill-building exercises. Combine those features with the renowned Practice Makes Perfect format and you have the ideal reference/workbook to learn to speak and write Arabic with fluency. Inside you'll find: Example sentences that illustrate and clarify each grammatical point A variety of exercises for practice with an answer key for instant feedback and reference Practical and high-frequency vocabulary used throughout

Most frequently used Arabic verbs are conjugated, one verb to a page. A concentrated review of Arabic verb forms for both beginning and advanced students.

Go beyond Marhaba and add thousands of words and expressions to your Arabic vocabulary To communicate comfortably in Arabic, you need easy access to a variety of words and expressions. In Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Vocabulary you get the tools you need to expand your lexicon and sharpen your speaking and writing skills. And how do you do this? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family, food, or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for a burgeoning vocabulary, you will be able to weave your way in and out of English and Arabic to gain the confidence you need to communicate with ease. Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Vocabulary offers you: Thousands of new words and expressions More than 250 fun exercises Handy cultural and social tips and an insight into Arab life An answer key to gauge your comprehension With help from this book, you can easily communicate in Arabic about: Education, careers, and skills * Vacations and adventures * Culture, society, and traditions * Cooking and recipes * Your neighborhood and home * Your family and friends * Environmental issues * Crime, justice, and politics . . . and much more

Barron’s 501 Arabic Verbs is your essential guide to Arabic verbs and verb usage. Each verb is listed alphabetically in easy-to-follow chart form—one verb per page with its English translation. To reflect correct Arabic style, this book is printed in Arabic script, back cover to front and back page to front. This comprehensive guide to Arabic verbs is ideal for students, travelers, and adult learners. It includes: The 501 most common Arabic verbs in table format, with Arabic characters and English infinitives at the top of each page Common idioms with example sentences to demonstrate verb usage Verbs conjugated in all tenses and forms A grammar review and a pattern index Exemplary sentences in English for each verb

The Arabic verbal system is, for most grammarians, the keystone of the language. Notable for the regularity of its patterns, it presents the linguist with an unparalleled opportunity to explore the Saussurean notion of the indivisible sign: form and meaning. Whilst Arabic forms are well-documented, the elucidation of the corresponding meanings has proved more challenging. Beginning with an examination of the verbal morphology of Modern Standard Arabic, including an evaluation of the significance of the consonantal root, this volume then concentrates on establishing the function of the vowel-lengthening verbal patterns (III and VI). It explores issues of mutuality and reciprocity, valency and transitivity, ultimately focusing on atelic lexical aspect as the unified meaning of these patterns. This study is rich in data and relies extensively upon contemporary examples (with transliteration and translation) to illustrate its arguments, adopting an empirical structuralist approach which is aimed both at general linguists and at specialist Arabists.