Table of Contents
Preface x
Introduction xi
Acknowledgements and photo credits xiii
Free online companion website xiv
Language units 1
1 Getting started 2
Letters of the alphabet: group 1 ($$$) 2
Vowels 5
Joining letters: group 1 6
Adding vowels to words 8
Conversation sections 10
Conversation: Greetings and leave-taking 11
Vocabulary in Unit 1 11
Vocabulary learning 12
2 Putting words together 13
Letters of the alphabet: group 2 ($$$) 13
Joining letters: group 2 15
Long vowels 17
Putting words together 20
Simple sentences 22
Conversation: Introducing yourself 24
Male and female 23
Conversation: Meeting someone for the first time 24
Vocabulary in Unit 2 24
3 The family 25
Letters of the alphabet: group 3 ($$$) 25
Handwriting letters: group 3 26
Joining letters: Jim, ha', kha' and mim 27
Joining ha' 29
Feminine words 30
What's this? 31
The family 32
Conversation: Talking about where you live and who you live with 34
Conversation: Introducing your family 36
Vocabulary in Unit 3 36
4 Jobs 37
Letters of the alphabet: group 4 ($$$) 37
Handwriting letters: group 4 38
Joining letters: group 4 39
Jobs 42
Family occupations 43
Conversation: Talking about what you do 44
Making words plural 45
Conversation: Talking about where you work or study 48
Video: Amani talks about her family 48
Structure notes: Case endings; the nominative case 49
Vocabulary in Unit 4 50
5 Describing things 51
Letters of the alphabet: group 5 ($$$) 51
Pronunciation of qaf 52
Handwriting letters: group 5 52
Joining letters: group 5 53
Everyday objects 55
Signs and crosswords 56
Describing things 57
Using $$$ (al, the) 58
Possessive endings (attached pronouns) 60
Conversation: Asking about names 60
Whose is it? 61
Conversation: Polite requests 63
Structure notes: Definite and indefinite 64
Vocabulary in Unit 5 64
6 Where is it? 66
Letters of the alphabet: group 6 ($$$) 66
Emphatic letters 66
Eayn$$$ and ghayn 68
Joining letters: group 6 70
Sun letters 73
Asking questions 75
Hamza 77
Where? 77
Arabic and computers 80
Anwar's blog 80
Conversation: Dialects 81
Structure notes: The genitive case 82
Vocabulary in Unit 6 82
7 Describing places 83
Describing your city or town 83
What's the town like? 84
Idafa constructions 85
Conversation: Asking for directions 87
More about plurals 88
More about adjectives 88
Conversation: Describing your town or your room 90
Video: Mahmoud describes his apartment 91
Structure notes: Genitive with idafa 92
Vocabulary in Unit 7 92
8 Review 93
Conversation: Review 98
9 Countries and people 104
The Middle East 104
Capital city 105
Geographical position 106
Other countries of the world 108
Nationalities 109
Nisba adjectives 110
Conversation: Talking about where you come from 113
Plural nationalities 113
Personal pronouns 114
Video: Cyrine talks about herself 116
Vocabulary in Unit 9 117
10 Counting things 118
Arabic numbers 1-10 118
Direction of Arabic numbers 119
Handwritten numbers 120
Counting things 121
The dual 122
Plurals with numbers 122
How many? 123
How much? 125
In the market 127
Describing what you have 128
Conversation: Buying a ring in the market 130
Structure notes: Sound masculine plural case endings 131
Vocabulary in Unit 10 131
11 Plurals and colours 133
Word roots 133
External and internal plurals 135
Plural patterns 1 and 2 136
Vocabulary learning 139
What are these? 139
The party 142
Conversation: Going shopping 143
Colours 144
Back to school 146
Structure notes: The accusative case 148
Vocabulary in Unit 11 149
12 Eating and drinking 151
At the grocer's 151
Describing packaging 152
My favourite dish 155
Group words 156
Waiter! 158
Conversation: At the restaurant 159
Using a dictionary 160
Words for places 162
Video: Mahmoud talks about his favourite food 164
Vocabulary in Unit 12 164
13 What happened yesterday? 167
What happened yesterday? 167
Asking questions about the past 171
Questions with 'What?' 174
Past verbs 176
Joining sentences together 178
Structure notes: Plural and dual case endings 181
Vocabulary in Unit 13 182
14 Wish you were here 184
Plural patterns 3 and 4 184
Numbers 11-100 188
Numbers 11 upwards with a singular noun 190
What's the weather like? 191
Describing the weather 192
It was an enjoyable trip 194
Writing notes and postcards 196
Past verbs in the plural 197
Conversation: Talking about a vacation 198
Video: Amani talks about her trip 199
Vocabulary in Unit 14 199
Structure notes: Higher numbers 201
15 Review 202
Conversation: Review 210
16 Everyday 211
What's the time? 211
More about time 213
'At' plus time 214
Every day 216
He and she 218
Negative statements 220
Asking questions about every day 221
Present tense 222
What do you do everyday? 223
Vocabulary learning 225
Video: Abdou describes his daily routine 225
Structure notes: The present tense 226
Vocabulary in Unit 16 227
17 Comparing things 228
The biggest in the world 228
Comparatives and superlatives 230
Days of the week 232
At the car rental office 234
Comparing past and present 236
Was/were (kan) 238
Weak verbs 240
Video: Mahmoud talks about the Egypt of his youth 242
Vocabulary in Unit 17 243
18 Education and business 245
Education: at school 245
Education: at university 248
Video: Cyrine talks about her studies 248
Arabic words in English 249
Plural pattern 5 249
Talking about business and politics 252
A new life 253
Word order and verbs 254
Last Thursday 256
Past negative 257
Structure notes: More about idafa 259
Vocabulary in Unit 18 259
19 Future plans 262
Months of the year 262
In the future 263
Talking about your plans 266
Forms of the verb: an introduction 268
Zeinah's plans 270
Video: Abdou talks about his future plans 272
Vocabulary in Unit 19 272
20 Review and further study 274
Conversation: Review 277
Further study 278
Reference material 281
Quick reference 282
The Arabic alphabet 282
The Arabic verb 284
Broken plurals 287
Months of the year 288
Answers to exercises 289
English-Arabic glossary 341
Index 367
