Intermediate Arabic For Dummies 1st Edition

by Keith Massey (Author)

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

This friendly, hands-on workbook starts with a helpful grammar review from nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions. It presents words and examples in both Arabic script and English transliteration. You’ll find tips for selecting the correct verbs and charts that provide conjugations of regular and irregular Arabic verbs, and end-of-chapter answer keys help you focus your studies. And, you can practice your Arabic writing right in the book. Discover how to:

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/English dictionaries and great hints for fine-tuning your Arabic, Intermediate Arabic For Dummies is the tool you need to start improving your Arabic writing now!

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From e-mails to personal letters to correspondence, write in Arabic with confidence!

Looking to enhance your Arabic writing skills? This friendly, hands-on workbook gives you practical examples and useful exercises so you canpractice writing the language like a native. From vocabulary and numbers to juggling tenses, you'll get a clear understanding of the nuances of Arabic style and usage that will have you writing in no time!

Get back to basics — use numbers, times, and dates, and read and write the Arabic alphabet
Understand fundamental Arabic grammar — from nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions
Master Arabic verbs — learn all ten forms, spot the irregular verbs, create commands, use objects, and more
Write like a native — grasp the essential differences in Arabic versus English language usage
Put your writing skills to use — exercises and lessons get you up to speed and improving your Arabic right away
Practice, practice, practice — plenty of room is provided for writing directly in the workbook!
Jazz up your writing — join clauses, form conditional sentences, and use the verbal noun and participles
Take your Arabic on the road — communicate effectively when traveling or conducting business

Open the book and find:

A helpful Arabic grammar review
Arabic words and examples in both Arabic script and English transliteration
Tips for selecting the correct Arabic verbs
Answer keys at the end of each chapter
English-Arabic and Arabic-English dictionaries
Verb charts that provide conjugations of regular and irregular Arabic verbs
The most common Arabic writing mistakes to avoid
Hints for fine-tuning your Arabic

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).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies; 1st edition (October 13, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0470373377
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0470373378
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.8 x 1.1 x 9.8 inches

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Keith Massey was born in Madison, WI, where he earned a doctorate in Biblical Hebrew and Arabic at the University of Wisconsin. He moved to the East Coast in 2002, when he went to work at the National Security Agency, during which time he earned the Global War on Terrorism Civilian Service Medal for service in Iraq in 2004.

After leaving government service in 2006, he became a high school Latin teacher and an Eastern Orthodox priest. He is the author of Intermediate Arabic for Dummies and Arabic Character Writing for Dummies, by Wiley Publishing, as well as a number of fiction novels and non-fiction works.

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Amy

Vocabulary and grammar help

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 5, 2018

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This book is very helpful with vocabulary and it has different conjugations for verbs (Which I have had a hard time finding a book that was simple enough to follow) It’s really explanatory and it has the English transliteration beside the Arabic word, so if you aren’t sure how to pronounce something the English letters can kind of give you an idea. I highly recommend this book if you’re a beginner level arabic.

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Could have been much better.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2009

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This book was a huge disappointment. It's so cluttered in it's organization that it makes it difficult to find what you need. When you do find what you need I think that it fails in a number of instances to clarify. The index needs some work. There are some helpful examples with answers, so it's not a total loss. I found Modern Standard Arabic Grammar by Hassanein a better reference manual.

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Suraya

Arabic for dummies? I'm no dummy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 10, 2014

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It was brand new and the pages were in good condition no ripping and for a good price. I got it for my mom and she loves it.

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Excellent Resource, Worth Every Penny

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 5, 2013

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This book is a tremendous resource for anyone attempting to tackle Arabic grammar. The table of contents is very clear and it is easy to reference anything you need help with. This isn't a book for beginners, but it is simple enough to educate without intimidation. If you need a quick reference resource, this is a quality book!

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Andrew

Great text for learning the next level of Arabic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2013

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For those who know Arabic script, this is a great resource for getting into the nuts and bolts of Arabic and its syntax!

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St. Pete

Excellent for Self-Study!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2009

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I really like this book. It has transliteration into English of all the Arabic, even in the exercises. This is good for me, since I never totally mastered the alphabet in my basic studies. It's organized into useful sections, treating the tricky grammatical topics I need to learn better. I've even laughed out loud at some of the humor he puts into the writing.

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AQ 0501

Very Simple

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 15, 2011

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This book did not turn out to be what I expected. The section on handwriting especially is useless. Arabic letters are written with parts above and below the line and it's impossible to figure that out from the information given because the letters are not written on lines. The rest of the sections are also very basic. I think this book would be best for travelers to the middle east. It is not of much use for students wishing to learn formal Arabic grammar.

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N. Roufaiel

Excellent/Outstanding

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 21, 2010

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Excellent book for learning the Arabic language and this is coming from a person who is a native speaker of Egyptian dialect. I believe my children who aren't as solid in their Arabic will benefit from the grammatical explanations here.

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Camelia

Poorly printed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 13, 2019

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Great great book BUT very poorly printed! For Arabic learners we need to see all the dots, lines and other details around the letters and unfortunately the way it’s printed many vowels are smudged into the word or too hard to read, for instance if thereIs two characters like a shadda and a kasra for instance it’sReally hard to know what it’s printed. Really a shame

lee waugh

nicely written for the layman!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 12, 2016

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Nicely written book for those studying the complicated world of Arabic grammar. Author has tried to explain grammar and other elements in simple terms. Good accompanying book for most Arabic courses

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 6, 2015

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Good book, good service.

sandrab

Very readable and helpful book on Arabic grammar points.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 3, 2016

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An excellent book on Arabic grammar. Good tone, good clarity.

francesca

good

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on February 21, 2022

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