THE COMPLETE COURSE FOR BEGINNERS Mastering Arabic Secoenddi tion JanWei ght&w ick Mahmoud Gaafar HIPPOCREBNOEO KSI,N C. New York HippocrBeonoek Isn,c e.d iti2o0n0,9 . CopyrigJhatn Wei ghtwicMka hmouGda af1a9r9 02,007 © & FirPsutb lisbhyPe adl grMaavcem illan PublisihnNe odr tAhm eriucnad elri cefnrsoeMm a cmilPluabnl isLhtedr,s HoundmiBlalssi,n gsHtaonkteRs,G 216 XSU,n itKeidn gdom righrtess erNvoer de.p roducctoipooyrnt ,r ansmiosfst ihoipnsu blication All mayb em ade withoutp ewrrmiitstseino n. ISBN1 39:7 8-0-7818-1238-2 ISBN1 00:- 7818-1238-0 CataloPguibnlgid-caiaatntva-ia oifnlr aotbmhLl eie b ofrC aornyg ress. Form orien formactoinotna,c t: HIPPOCRENBEO OKS,I NC. 171M adisAovne nue NewY orkN,Y 10016 www .hippocrenebooks.com Printientd h Uen itSetdta eosf A merica. toL eila Contents Acknowledgements ix Preftaoct eh 2en de dition x Introduction xi Languuangiet s o Gettisntga rted 2 Uni1t Lettoeftr hasel phagbreot1u:« p- (.$U 6 � '-! ) 2 Vowles 5 Joinlientgt er1s : group 6 Addivnogw etlows o rds 8 Conversseacttiioonn s 10 ConveornsG:ar teietings 11 VocabuilnUa nri1y t 11 Vocabullaerayr ning 12 Puttiwnogr dtso gether 13 Uni2t Lettoeftr hasel phagbreot2u(: Jp j J j J I) 13 Joinlientgt ers: group 2 15 Lonvgo wels 17 Putting words together 20 Simpsleen tences 22 Malaen fde male 23 ConvetrisoIantn:r oductions 24 VoacbulianUr nyi2 t 24 3 Thef amily 25 Unit Lettoeftr hse alpghrao3bu ept : 25 Joinlientgtj eTr�msak:,'h , aa n'(md � T" tm c � ) 27 Joinhian'g 29 Feminwionred s 30 Whatt'hsi s? 31 Thfea mily 32 ConveornsI:an ttirodyuocufirman igl y 36 VoacbulianUr nyi3 t 36 4 Jobs 37 Unit Lettoeftr hasel phabet4(: � g(,).:Ir o..;au (.)"Ip ) 37 Joinlientgt ers: group 4 39 v Contents Jobs 42 Making pwlourrdasl 44 ConrvseatTialoknia:nb go wuhta yto duo 47 StrucntoutCreaess :ee n dingnso;m itinhvaceeta se 48 VocualbairnUy n i4t 49 Describtihnign gs 50 Uni5t (J Lettoeftr hasel phagbreot5u:p d JJ ) 50 Joinlientgt ers: group 52 5 Everyodbajye cts 54 Descrtihbiinnggs 56 Whosieist ? 59 Posseesnsdiivneg s 60 StrucntoutIreens d:ei ftaienn dde finite 62 ConvaetrisPoonl:ri etqeu ests 63 Voacbulianr yU nit 64 5 6 Wherei t? 65 Unit is Lettoeftr hasel phagbreot6u: p t 65 Joinlientgt ers: gr(otup ,l; 6J.:,) 69 Sun letters 72 Askiqnuge stions 74 Haam z 76 Where? 76 KeyiAnrga bic 79 Convseartidoina:l ects 79 StrucntoutTrehesge :ne itciavsee 80 VocabulianUr nyi6 t 80 7 Describpilnagc es 81 Unit Descrpilbaicnegs 81 i<;laca ofnstructions 83 Growuopr ds 85 More apblouurta ls 86 More aabdeojcutti ves 86 StructurGeei ntniovteei as<;lw:fi at h 88 ConveornsD:ae tsicryiobutiron wgn 89 VoacbulianUr nyi7 t 89 8 Review 90 Unit ConvaetrisRoenv:i ew 100 vi Contents Uni9t Countrainedsp eople 101 ThMei ddElaes t 101 Capictiatly 102 Geograpphoisciatli on 103 Othceoru ntorfti hweeos r ld 105 Nationalities 106 ConveornsT:aal tkiing wahbeoruect o ymofeur om 111 VocabuilnUa nri9yt 113 Unit Countitnhgi ngs 115 10 Arabic n1-u1m0b ers 115 Hadnwrintutmenb ers 117 Englishi Anwr oarbdisc 118 Counttihnign gs 119 Howm any? 121 How much? 123 Int hmea rket 125 Whati'mtsa doef ? 126 Descrwihbaiytno ghu a ve 126 ConversIantth imeoa nr:k et 128 StrucntoutCreaess e:en difnotgrhss e o umnads cuplliunre1a2 l8 Vocabuilna rU1y0n it 129 Unit Pluraalnsdc olours 131 11 Arabrioco ts 131 Plupraatlt 1ea rnn2ds 133 What tahrees e? 137 Thpea rty 140 Colours 142 StrucntoutTrehesae :c cuscaatsiev e 144 ConveornsG:ao tiisnhgo pping 145 VocabuilnUa nri1y1t 145 Unit Whath appeneyde sterday? 147 12 Whahta ppeyneesdt erday? 147 Askiqnuge staiboonustp atshte 151 Questwiiot'nhws h at?' 154 Verbisnt hpea st 156 Joinsienngt etnocgeest her 158 Usiand gi ctionary 161 StrucntoutrPeels u:ar naddl u al ecnadsien gs 163 Voacbulianr yU1 n2i t 164 Conttse n vii Uni1t3 Wish you were here 166 Plupraatlt 3ea rnn4ds 166 Numbe1r1s- 19 169 Numbe20r-s1 00 171 Numbe1r1us p wardsa wsiitnnhgo uulna r 172 Whatt'hwsee atlhiekre ? 173 Writniontgae nsd postcards 176 Pavsetr ibns ptlhuer al 177 StrucntoutNreuesm :b ers 178 ConversTaaltkiiaonbngo: au v ta cation 179 VocabulianUr nyi t 13 179 Uni1t4A ll thPer esidemnetn' s 181 Dayosft hwee ek 181 Arabwiocri dnEs nglish 182 Plupraatlt 5e rn 183 Whadti d Ptrhees iddole anwstet e k? 186 Worodr der 188 Thcea binet 190 Singaunlpdal ru vrearlb s 193 StrucntoutMreoesr :e aiba<;lotuat 195 VocabuilnUa nri1yt4 196 Uni1t5 Review 198 ConveirosRnae:tv iew 206 VocabulianUr nyi1 t5 207 Uni1t6 Everdya y 208 Whatt'htsei me? 208 Every day 212 Hea nsdh e 214 Negtaisvtea tements 216 Askiqnuge staibooneusvt e drayy 217 Present tense 218 Education 219 Ats chool 219 Atu niversity 222 Vocabullaerayr ning 222 StrucntoutPrerese :s teennts e 223 16 VocabulianUr nyi t 223 Uni1t7 Eatianngd d rinking 225 Att hger ocer's 225 viii Const ent Int hree staurant 229 Wordfso prl aces 230 Waiter! 232 ConevrsatIinto hrnee: s taurant 233 Int hkei tchen 234 Foromfts h vee rIbII:,Ia In d IV 234 Havyeo duo niet ? 237 Hed iddno'i tt 239 VocabuilnUa nriyt 17 241 18 Unit Comparitnhgi ngs 244 Thbei egsgitnt hweo rld 244 Att hcea rre notfafli ce 247 Comparpiansgt and present 249 Was/were 251 Weavke rbs 253 Foromfts h vee rVba :n VdI 255 VocabulianUr nyi1 t8 257 19 Unit Future plans 260 Montohfts h yee ar 260 Int hfeu ture 261 interntaotuiro nal 264 An Foromfts h vee rVbI:VI II,aI n Xd 267 Thfel ying bicycle 267 Othfeera toufvre ersb s 269 VocabulianUr nyi1 t9 270 Unit Revieawn da dviocnefu rthesrt udy 272 20 Review 272 Adviocne fusrttuhdeyr 278 8 Referenmcaet erial AppendixT heA rabiacl phabet 281 1 2 AppendixTh e Arabivce rb 283 AppendixM onthosf t hey ear 286 3 4 AppendixB rokepnl urals 286 Answertso e xercises 287 English-Argalboiscs ary 345 Grammari ndex 370 Acknowledgements Wea rleu ceknyo utgohh a ve befnreofmi ettxehpdee rtise and experoifse onmcoeeft hfeo remeoxsptei rntt esa cAhriangba iccr tohses two edoiMft aisontAser raiFbnoigrc .uts hueelcfi orm meonntt sh is reviesdeidtw iewo onu llidtk ote h ank Nadiao ftA hUdenb iuvlearasli ty ofM ancshteeKra,s sWeamh boafG erogetUonwinv ye,Gr hsiwiant Ma'mari anda tt hhSeecr h ootofAe lfa rmi acnadOn r ieSnttuadli es, LondUonni vye,ar nsOdis tmaNnu safiohrriic s a repfruorloed fainFgo.r suegsgtioontn hsfe i erdsitt oiuotrnh ,a ngkots oD r SBaaiddao wfti h e AmeriUcnainv eirnCs aiitaryno Dd r A vSih ivtLieeeld so fUy nT.i hvee rsit couirissm em easubreatbtleayrlo lftf hoerii nrp ut. 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