Al-Murshid

This grammar book is intended for intermediate learners of Modern Standard Arabic. It covers the main points that they need to master at this level to prepare them for the next level of proficiency. Each lesson in the book begins with a brief statement and explanation of a grammar rule followed by different types of exercises. The exercise section of the lessons begins with mechanical drills (some of which have illustrations) for practice of the grammar point of the lesson. At the end, there are writing exercises that enable learners to produce the language freely while still requiring them to use the lesson's grammar. The book is accompanied by a CD with PowerPoint presentations illustrating the grammar rules explained in the lessons, and interactive drills. This very practical textbook provides a fine, flexible tool for a grammar-based approach to teaching MSA.

Laila Al-Sawi (Author) is a senior instructor of Arabic as a foreign language in the Department of Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) at the American University in Cairo. She is co-author of Kalaam Gamiil, An Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, volumes 1 and 2 (AUC Press, 2010 and 2013). Iman Saad (Author) is a senior Arabic language instructor in the Department of Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) at The American University in Cairo.

The Sentence: - Nominal Sentence 1 - Nominal Sentence 2 - Demonstratives - Verbal Sentence - Nominal & Verbal Sentences - Verbal Noun - Kana 1 - Kana 2 - Negation of the nominal sentence (Laysa) - Kana and her sisters - Inna and her sisters Case inflicted & and non-inflicted nouns Past tense verbs - Sound verbs - past tense - Doubled verbs - past tense - Hollow verbs - past tense - Final weak verbs - past tense Present tense verbs - Nominative sound verbs - present tense - Nominative assimilated verbs - present tense - Nominative hollow verbs - present tense - Nominative final weak verbs - present tense - Accusative verbs - Jussive sound verbs - present tense - Jussive doubled verbs - present tense - Jussive hollow verbs - present tense - Jussive final weak verbs - present tense Imperative verbs Passive verbs - Sound verbs - Weak present tense Verb forms - Form I & II - Form I & IV - Form II & V - Form III & VI - Form VII - Form VIII - Form IX - Form X - Review on verb forms Derivative Nouns - Active Participle and Passive Participle - Noun of place Comparatives & Superlatives Accusative Nouns - Cognate accusative - Accusative of cause or purpose - The Haal clause - Accusative of specification Dual Nouns Plural Nouns The Relative clause The Conditional clause Laa of absolute negation Appendices - Appendix I: some form I verbs and their verbal nouns - Appendix II: Case inflicted nouns (in the book) - Appendix III: verb types in Arabic - Appendix IV: verb forms and their verbal nouns in MSA - Appendix V: Some broken plurals and their forms - Appendix VI: Dictionary of the words in the drills