{"product_id":"colloquial-arabic-of-the-gulf-9781138958128","title":"Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003cem\u003eColloquial Arabic of the Gulf \u003c\/em\u003ehas been revised and updated to make learning this variety of Arabic easier and more enjoyable than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the first edition -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unlike most books on colloquial Arabic, this one covers the subject in a really comprehensive fashion. The author's experience in E[nglish] L[anguage] T[eaching] enables him to understand the needs of the learner who wishes to communicate effectively in Arabic -- two notable features of the book are the pacing of the material and the usefulness of the exercises... The dialogues are inventive, realistic and often humorous, and by the last unit the learner should be in a position to tackle \"real\" Gulf Arabic.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- from a review by Peter Emery, University of Bath, in the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Semitic Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, 29 (1984), p344-345.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: How To Use This Book Pronunciation Guide \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 1\u003c\/strong\u003e Expressions of Quantity; Orders and Requests; ‘Please’,’Thank you’, ‘Be so Kind’ \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 2\u003c\/strong\u003e The Arabic Equivalent of ‘The’; The ‘Dual’; The Plural \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 3\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘How Much\/Many?’ Prices; Numbers 1–10; Greetings \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 4\u003c\/strong\u003e Simple Descriptive Sentences; Noun-adjective Phrases; Some Other Types of Adjective \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 5\u003c\/strong\u003e Numbers 11 to 1,000,000; Age; Telling the Time; Personal Pronouns; ‘Who?’ and ‘What?’ \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 6\u003c\/strong\u003e Expressions of Place; The Verb: Past Tense. \u003cstrong\u003eUnit\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 Past-tense Verbs: Verbs Beginning with a Glottal Stop; Past-tense Verbs: ‘Hollow’ Verbs; ‘To Say That’; ‘To Ask Whether’; Li’ann: ‘Because’; Expressions of Manner; Further Expressions of Time \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 8\u003c\/strong\u003e Noun-phrases; The Elative Adjective; Word Order \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 9\u003c\/strong\u003e Past-tense Verbs: ‘Doubled’ Verbs; Past-tense Verbs: ‘Weak’ Verbs; Time Conjunctions; Ordinal Numbers; Months \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 10 \u003c\/strong\u003e Relative Clauses; Demonstrative Pronouns; Demonstrative Adjectives; The Negative in Equational Sentences; ‘Somebody’ and ‘Nobody’ \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 11 \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Imperfect Verb: Basic Forms; The Imperfect Verb: Different Stem-types; Review of Verb Forms; The Uses of the Imperfect \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 12\u003c\/strong\u003e Verb Strings; The Imperative: Strong Verbs; The Imperative: Other Types of Verb; The Negative Imperative \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 13\u003c\/strong\u003e The Active Participle; The Passive Participle \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 14\u003c\/strong\u003e The Derived Themes of the Verb (I) \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 15\u003c\/strong\u003e The Verbal Noun; Co-ordinated Negatives; Compound Adjectives; ‘Self’ \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 16\u003c\/strong\u003e The Derived Themes of the Verb (II); Conditional Sentences \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 17\u003c\/strong\u003e Quadriliteral Verbs; ‘To Wish\/Want’ and ‘To Prefer’; Verbs with Double Objects \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 18\u003c\/strong\u003e Diminutives; Uses of ábu and umm; ‘How Big!’ etc.; ‘So-and-so’; Forms of Personal Address; Exhortations \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 19 \u003c\/strong\u003e Verb Strings Involving kaan\/yikúun; More Conjunctions; ‘As if’; Expressions Meaning ‘I think’; ‘Some’ and ‘Each Other’; Adverbs in -an \u003cstrong\u003eUnit 20 \u003c\/strong\u003e Texts Answer-Key Appendices 1. Variations in Pronunciation 2. The Arabic Script Glossaries Gulf Arabic-English English-Gulf Arabic \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019547476311,"sku":"9781138958128","price":54.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138958128.jpg?v=1750780593","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/colloquial-arabic-of-the-gulf-9781138958128","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}