Includes index.

1. Arabic script, transliteration and alphabet table. P.1.

2. Pronunciation of consonants. P.5.

3. Punctuation and handwriting. P.9.

4. Vowels. P.13.

5. Sukun, saddah, noun cases and nunation as indefinite form. P.17.

6. Long vowels, 'alif maqsurah, dagger or miniature 'alif, word stress and syllable structure. P.21.

7. Hamzah (hamzatu l-qat'i) and the maddah sign. P.26.

8. Definite article ... [actual symbol not reproducible]'al ..., nominal sentences, verbal sentences, word order and adjectives. P.31.

9. Sun and moon letters, hamzatu l-wasli (waslah). P.39.

10. Gender. P.46.

11. Conjunctions, prepositions and the particle [actual symbol not reproducible] hatta. P.51.

12. 'Idafah construction (genitive attribute) and the five nouns. P.61.

13. Number : dual and plural. P.70.

14. Perfect tense verbs, root and radicals, triliteral verbs and word order. P.78.

15. Separate personal pronouns and suffix pronouns. P.87.

16. Demonstrative, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns. P.98.

17. Imperfect tense verb in the indicative and word order. P.106.

18. Derived verb forms (stems), roots and radicals, transitive and intransitive verbs. P.115.

19. Passive verbs. P.128.

20. Rules for writing the hamzah (hamzatu l-qat'i). P.135.

21. Broken plurals and collective nouns. P.144.

22. Triptotes and diptotes. P.151.

23. Participles, verbal nouns (masdar), nouns of place, time and instrument. P.160.

24. Interrogative particles and pronouns, vocative particles. P.169.

25. Adjectival patterns, relative adjectives (nisbah), comparatives and superlatives, diminutives. P.181.

26. 'Inna[actual symbol not reproducible]l and its sisters, kana [actual symbol not reproducible] and its sisters. P.193.

27. Relative pronouns and relative clauses. P.201.

28. Moods : subjunctive, jussive (apocopatus) and imperative. P.209.

29. Doubled verbs (mediae geminatae) and quadriliteral verbs. P.218.

30. Verbs with hamzah. P.224.

31. Verbs with a weak initial radical. P.231.

32. Verbs with a weak middle radical. P.237.

33. Verbs with a weak final radical, doubly weak verbs and weak verbs with hamzah. P.246.

34. Cardinal numbers. P.256.

35. Ordinal numbers, fractions, expressions of time and calendars. P.269.

36. Exception. P.282.

37. Verbs of wonder, the negative copula [actual symbol not reproducible] laysa, verbs with special uses and some special uses of the preposition [actual symbol not reproducible] bi ... P.289.

38. Adverbs and adverbials, absolute or inner object, hal (circumstantial clause) and tamyiz (accusative of specification). P.299.

39. Conditional sentences. P.309.

"Arabic: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of the language. Suitable for beginners, as well as intermediate students, this book offers a strong foundation for learning the fundamental grammar structures of Arabic. The complexities of the language are set out in short, readable sections and exercises and examples are provided throughout."--BOOK JACKET.

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