Intermediate Arabic For Dummies

Keith Massey

Nov 2008 · John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

Looking to enhance your Arabic writing skills? IntermediateArabic For Dummies gives you practical examples and usefulexercises so you can practice writing the language like a native.From vocabulary and numbers to juggling tenses, you’ll get aclear understanding of the nuances of Arabic style and usage thatwill have you writing in no time!

This friendly, hands-on workbook starts with a helpful grammarreview from nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to pronouns,prepositions, and conjunctions. It presents words and examples inboth Arabic script and English transliteration. You’ll findtips for selecting the correct verbs and charts that provideconjugations of regular and irregular Arabic verbs, andend-of-chapter answer keys help you focus your studies. And, youcan practice your Arabic writing right in the book. Discover howto:

• Improve your written Arabic skills
• Understand Arabic style and usage
• Use numbers times and dates
• Read and write the Arabic alphabet
• Use fundamental Arabic grammar
• Communicate more effectively in Arabic
• Grasp essential differences in Arabic and English usage
• Join clauses and form conditional sentences
• Use the verbal noun and participles
• Write emails, personal letters, and other correspondence
• Conduct business effectively in Arabic
• Avoid common mistakes in Arabic

Complete with helpful English/Arabic and Arabic/Englishdictionaries and great hints for fine-tuning your Arabic,Intermediate Arabic For Dummies is the tool you need tostart improving your Arabic writing now!

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About the author

Keith Massey earned his BA in classical studies and his PhD in biblical Hebrew and Arabic. He is currently an Arabic instructor and a high school Latin teacher. After 9/11, Massey worked as an Arabic language specialist for the National Security Agency (NSA).