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Arabic For Dummies
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Start reading and speaking Arabic
Arabic For Dummies helps readers start speaking Modern Standard Arabic in no time. Whether you're a student, traveler, or work in business or government, you'll find this title to be packed with practical lessons, cultural facts, and handy references.
Inside, you'll find guidance on basic grammar, as well as the necessary vocabulary to make introductions and greetings, use proper etiquette, make small talk, make transportation arrangements, order food and beverages, ask directions, deal with money, shop, access recreation, and handle an emergency.
- Features new and revised content
- Offers a revamped, user-friendly design to both pedagogy and organization
- Includes expanded coverage of grammar, verb conjugations, and pronunciations
- Get free access to conversational audio tracks online
If you want to start speaking Arabic, this go-to book is packed with practical instruction, cultural facts, and handy references you won't want to be without!
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Part 1
Getting Started with Arabic
IN THIS PART …
Get the lowdown on the basics of Arabic.
Familiarize yourself with Arabic script and the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet.
Get an overview of Arabic grammatical and linguistic constructs and find out how nouns verbs, and adjectives interact with each other to create phrases and sentences.
Try out basic greetings and expressions.
Work on numbers, dates, and measurements.
Practice some useful Arabic at the office and around the house.
Chapter 1
The Arabic You Already Know
IN THIS CHAPTER
Let me مرحبا (mar.ḥah.ba) (welcome) you to the wonderful world of Arabic! Arabic is the official language of 27 countries and is spoken by more than 420 million people across the globe. It’s the language in which the Quran, the Holy Book in Islam, was revealed and written, and a large majority of the more than 1.3 billion Muslims across the world study Arabic in order to read the Quran and to fulfill their religious duties. By speaking Arabic, you get access to people and places from Morocco to Indonesia.
In this chapter, I ease you into Arabic by showing you some familiar English words that trace their roots to Arabic. You discover the Arabic alphabet and its beautiful letters, and I give you tips on how to pronounce those letters so that you can sound like a native speaker. Part of exploring a new language is discovering a new culture and a new way of looking at things, so in this first chapter of the third edition of Arabic For Dummies, you beg...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Getting Started with Arabic
- Part 2: Arabic in Action
- Part 3: Arabic on the Go
- Part 4: The Part of Tens
- Part 5: Appendixes
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement