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The below 39 chapters are for both beginner and intermediate students. Each chapter reveals a grammar snapshot, warnings on the tricky parts, and related drills with answers.The materials cover Egyptian colloquial and not classical Arabic. Egyptian colloquial is the most widely understood dialect in the Middle East region allowing for easy travel.
- Let's get started [click here]
Let's get started!
[01] transliterated letters and how they work...
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[02] unique sounds to the Arabic language - heavy vs. light letters
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[03] short vowels vs. long vowels
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[04] doubled consonants
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[05] let's read! - break words into syllables...
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[06] present yourself and others - independent pronouns
[See picture of world map as you use interrogative particles]
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- A special note on nouns [click here]
A special note on nouns -
[07] the definite versus indefinite article
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[08] sun letters followed by the definite article
[See picture of living room to use sun letters]
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- Male or female and how many [click here]
Male or female and how many?
[09] nouns and gender
[See picture of body parts]
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[10] singular and plural nouns
[See picture of food pyramid to practice singular and plural food items]
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[11] adjectives and their gender
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[12] plural adjectives
[See smilies expressing temperament]
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[13] noun-adjective agreement
[See picture of bedroom to create noun-adj. phrases]
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- The expression of one complete thought... [click here]
The expression of one complete thought...
[14] the equational sentence
[See picture of bedroom to create sentences]
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[15] a step back into the past... - the equational sentence in the past tense
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[16] say “no” – negating the equational sentence
[See picture of family tree]
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[17] say “no” to the past – negating the past tense equational sentence
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[18] pointing out stuff - demonstrative and presentational particles
[See picture of sitting room to use particles]
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- Feeling curious? [click here]
Feeling curious?
[19] interrogative particles
[See picture for street directions]
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[20] add demonstrative and presentational particles to your questions.
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- The human urge "to own" - three ways to show possession [click here]
The human urge "to own" - three ways to show possession
[21] the possessive suffix
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[22] a nagging yet simple note – feminine noun prior to the possessive suffix
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[23] the miracle idaafa construction
[See picture of house to use idaafa]
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[24] bitaaç, bitaaçt, bituuç
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[25] next to or under? – prepositions
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[26] next to or under what? – prepositions + objects
[See picture of kitchen to use prepositions with objects]
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[27] it’s not always the lonely number one - counting
[See picture to practice counting]
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[28] not late again! – telling time
[See picture of clocks]
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- Let's move around... the verb [click here]