Colloquial

Introduction: How To Use This Book Pronunciation Guide Unit 1 Expressions of Quantity; Orders and Requests; âPleaseâ,âThank youâ, âBe so Kindâ Unit 2 The Arabic Equivalent of âTheâ; The âDualâ; The Plural Unit 3 âHow Much/Many?â Prices; Numbers 1â"10; Greetings Unit 4 Simple Descriptive Sentences; Noun-adjective Phrases; Some Other Types of Adjective Unit 5 Numbers 11 to 1,000,000; Age; Telling the Time; Personal Pronouns; âWho?â and âWhat?â Unit 6 Expressions of Place; The Verb: Past Tense. Unit 7 Past-tense Verbs: Verbs Beginning with a Glottal Stop; Past-tense Verbs: âHollowâ Verbs; âTo Say Thatâ; âTo Ask Whetherâ; Liâann: âBecauseâ; Expressions of Manner; Further Expressions of Time Unit 8 Noun-phrases; The Elative Adjective; Word Order Unit 9 Past-tense Verbs: âDoubledâ Verbs; Past-tense Verbs: âWeakâ Verbs; Time Conjunctions; Ordinal Numbers; Months Unit 10 Relative Clauses; Demonstrative Pronouns; Demonstrative Adjectives; The Negative in Equational Sentences; âSomebodyâ and âNobodyâ Unit 11 The Imperfect Verb: Basic Forms; The Imperfect Verb: Different Stem-types; Review of Verb Forms; The Uses of the Imperfect Unit 12 Verb Strings; The Imperative: Strong Verbs; The Imperative: Other Types of Verb; The Negative Imperative Unit 13 The Active Participle; The Passive Participle Unit 14 The Derived Themes of the Verb (I) Unit 15 The Verbal Noun; Co-ordinated Negatives; Compound Adjectives; âSelfâ Unit 16 The Derived Themes of the Verb (II); Conditional Sentences Unit 17 Quadriliteral Verbs; âTo Wish/Wantâ and âTo Preferâ; Verbs with Double Objects Unit 18 Diminutives; Uses of ¡bu and umm; âHow Big!â etc.; âSo-and-soâ; Forms of Personal Address; Exhortations Unit 19 Verb Strings Involving kaan/yikºun; More Conjunctions; âAs ifâ; Expressions Meaning âI thinkâ; âSomeâ and âEach Otherâ; Adverbs in -an Unit 20 Texts Answer-Key Appendices 1. Variations in Pronunciation 2. The Arabic Script Glossaries Gulf Arabic-English English-Gulf Arabic