Mastering Arabic 1

Cover
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Online resources
Language units
1 Getting started
	Letters of the alphabet: group ( ب ت ث ن ي )
	Vowels
	Joining letters: group 1
	Adding vowels to words
	Conversation sections
	Conversation: Greetings and leave-taking
	Video: Greetings
	Vocabulary in Unit 1
	Vocabulary learning
2 Putting words together
	Letters of the alphabet: group ( ا د ذ ر ز و )
	Joining letters: group 2
	Long vowels
	The letter alif
	Putting words together
	Simple sentences
	Conversation: Introducing yourself
	Video: Introductions
	Male and female
	Conversation: Meeting someone for the first time
	Vocabulary in Unit 2
3 The family
	Letters of the alphabet: group ( ج ح خ ه م )
	Handwriting letters: group 3
	Joining letters: jım, ˛ha’, kha’ and mım
	Joining ha’
	Feminine words
	What’s this?
	The family
	Conversation: Talking about where you live and who you live with
	Conversation: Introducing your family
	Video: My family
	Vocabulary in Unit 3
4 Jobs
	Letters of the alphabet: group ( س ش ص ض ) 4 )
	Handwriting letters: group 4
	Joining letters: group 4
	Jobs
	Family occupations
	Conversation: Talking about what you do
	Making words plural
	Conversation: Talking about where you work or study
	Video: Amani talks about her family
	Structure notes: Case endings; the nominative case
	Vocabulary in Unit 4
5 Describing things
	Letters of the alphabet: group ف ق ك ل ) 5 )
	Pronunciation of qaf
	Handwriting letters: group 5
	Joining letters: group 5
	Everyday objects
	Signs and crosswords
	Describing things
	Using ال (al, the)
	Possessive endings (attached pronouns)
	Conversation: Asking about names
	Whose is it?
	Conversation: Polite requests
	Video: Karima talks about possessions
	Structure notes: Definite and indefinite
	Vocabulary in Unit 5
6 Where is it?
	Letters of the alphabet: group ط ظ ع غ ) 6)
	Emphatic letters
	Eayn and ghayn
	Joining letters: group 6
	Sun letters
	Asking questions
	Hamza
	Where?
	My room
	Video: Zayd describes his room
	Arabic and computers
	Anwar’s blog
	Conversation: Dialects
	Structure notes: The genitive case
	Vocabulary in Unit 6
7 Describing places
	Describing your city or town
	What’s the town like?
	Idafa constructions
	Conversation: Asking for directions
	More about plurals
	More about adjectives
	Conversation: Describing your town or your room
	Video: Mahmoud describes his apartment
	Structure notes: Genitive with idafa
	Vocabulary in Unit 7
8 Review
	Conversation: Review
9 Countries and people
	The Middle East
	Capital city
	Geographical position
	Other countries of the world
	Nationalities
	Nisba adjectives
	Conversation: Talking about where you come from
	Plural nationalities
	Personal pronouns
	Video: Zayd talks about himself
	Vocabulary in Unit 9
10 Counting things
	Arabic numbers 1–10
	Direction of Arabic numbers
	Handwritten numbers
	Conversation: Giving your telephone number and address
	Counting things
	The dual
	Plurals with numbers
	How many?
	How much?
	In the market
	Describing what you have
	Conversation: Buying a plate in the market
	Video: Karima’s purchases
	Structure notes: Sound masculine plural case endings
	Vocabulary in Unit 10
11 Plurals and colours
	Word roots
	External and internal plurals
	Plural patterns 1 and 2
	Vocabulary learning
	What are these?
	The party
	Conversation: Going shopping
	Colours
	Back to school
	Video: Zayd gets ready for going to university
	Structure notes: The accusative case
	Vocabulary in Unit 11
12 Eating and drinking
	At the grocer’s
	Describing packaging
	My favourite dish
	Group words
	Waiter!
	Conversation: At the restaurant
	Using a dictionary
	Words for places
	Video: Mahmoud talks about his favourite food
	Vocabulary in Unit 12
13 What happened yesterday?
	What happened yesterday?
	Asking questions about the past
	Questions with ‘What?’
	Past verbs
	Joining sentences together
	Video: Karima talks about a visit to a restaurant
	Structure notes: Plural and dual case endings
	Vocabulary in Unit 13
14 Trips and journeys
	Plural patterns 3 and 4
	Numbers 11–100
	Numbers 11 upwards with a singular noun
	What’s the weather like?
	It was an enjoyable trip
	Writing emails and messages
	Past verbs in the plural
	Conversation: Talking about a vacation
	Video: Amani talks about her trip
	Vocabulary in Unit 14
	Structure notes: Higher numbers
15 Review
	Conversation: Review
16 Every day
	What’s the time?
	More about time
	‘At’ plus time
	Every day
	He and she
	Negative statements
	Asking questions about every day
	Present tense
	What do you do every day?
	Vocabulary learning
	Video: Abdou describes his daily routine
	Structure notes: The present tense
	Vocabulary in Unit 16
17 Comparing things
	The biggest in the world
	Comparatives and superlatives
	Days of the week
	At the car rental office
	Comparing past and present
	Was/were (kan)
	Weak verbs
	Video: Mahmoud talks about the Egypt of his youth
	Vocabulary in Unit 17
18 Education and business
	Education: at school
	Education: at university
	Video: Cyrine talks about her studies
	Arabic words in English
	Plural pattern 5
	Talking about business and politics
	A new life
	Word order and verbs
	Past negative
	Structure notes: Adjective versus idafa
	Vocabulary in Unit 18
19 Future plans
	Months of the year
	In the future
	Talking about your plans
	Forms of the verb: an introduction
	Zeinah’s plans
	Video: Abdou talks about his future plans
	Vocabulary in Unit 19
20 Review and further study
	Conversation: Review
	Further study
Reference material
Quick reference
The Arabic alphabet
The Arabic verb
Broken plurals
Months of the year
Answers to exercises
English–Arabic glossary
Index