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CHAPTER VIII. NOMINAL SENTENCES: SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

  • Richard Bayly Winder and Farhat Jacob Ziyadeh
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Introduction to Modern Arabic
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© 2019 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2019 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. INTRODUCTION vii
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS xi
  5. CHAPTER I. THE ALPHABET: TRANSLITERATION AND PRONUNCIATION. THE NUMERALS 1
  6. CHAPTER II. VOWELS AND LETTERS IN CONNECTED FORM 7
  7. CHAPTER III. ACCENT AND SHADDAH 10
  8. CHAPTER IV. LONG VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS 12
  9. CHAPTER V. HAMZAH AND THREE TYPES OF LONG ALIF 14
  10. CHAPTER VI. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE. SUN LETTERS. WAṢLAH. NÜNATION. ACCENT. MISCELLANEOUS 17
  11. CHAPTER VII. THE ARABIC LANGUAGE IN GENERAL 20
  12. CHAPTER VIII. NOMINAL SENTENCES: SUBJECT AND PREDICATE 26
  13. CHAPTER IX. GENDER 29
  14. CHAPTER X. THE CONSTRUCT PHRASE 32
  15. CHAPTER XI. ADJECTIVES. COLLECTIVES 35
  16. CHAPTER XII. PRONOUNS 39
  17. CHAPTER XIII. PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS 43
  18. CHAPTER XIV. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. COPULA. DIPTOTES 47
  19. CHAPTER XV. VERBS. VERBAL SENTENCES. SUBJECT AND OBJECT OF VERB 51
  20. CHAPTER XVI. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. إڨ ADVERBS. AND ITS "SISTERS" 55
  21. CHAPTER XVII. THE DERIVED FORMS OF THE VERB 60
  22. CHAPTER XVIII. WEAK VERBS IN THE PERFECT. S VB ORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS 65
  23. CHAPTER XIX. MAṢDARS 69
  24. CHAPTER XX. PARTICIPLES. ێڨ AND ITS SISTERS. APPOSITION 74
  25. CHAPTER XXI. NOUNS OF INSTRUMENT. NOUNS OF PLACE AND TIME. EMPHATIC NOUNS. DIMINUTIVES. ABSTRACT NISBAHS 80
  26. CHAPTER XXII. THE DUAL 85
  27. CHAPTER XXIII. PERFECT VERBS IN THE PLURAL SOUND PLURAL NOUNS 89
  28. CHAPTER XXIV. THE IMPERFECT. THE DOUBLED VERB 95
  29. CHAPTER XXV. BROKEN PLURALS. OTHER DIPTOTES. OTHER FEMININE ENDINGS 99
  30. CHAPTER XXVI. REVIEW 105
  31. CHAPTER XXVII. WEAK VERBS IN THE IMPERFECT 107
  32. CHAPTER XXVIII. PARTICIPLES AND MASDARS OF WEAK VERBS. ADVERB OF PURPOSE 112
  33. CHAPTER XXIX. JUSSIVE. SUBJUNCTIVE. INTERROGATIVE 120
  34. CHAPTER XXX. THE IMPERATIVE 127
  35. CHAPTER XXXI. THE PASSIVE 134
  36. CHAPTER XXXII. ACCUSATIVES IN GENERAL 141
  37. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE NUMERALS 147
  38. CHAPTER XXXIV. QUADRILITERAL VERBS. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 159
  39. CHAPTER XXXV. POTPOURRI 166
  40. APPENDICES: I - II 175
  41. ENGLISH-ARABIC VOCABULARY 247
  42. ENGLISH INDEX 285
  43. ARABIC INDEX 292
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691198026-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. INTRODUCTION vii
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS xi
  5. CHAPTER I. THE ALPHABET: TRANSLITERATION AND PRONUNCIATION. THE NUMERALS 1
  6. CHAPTER II. VOWELS AND LETTERS IN CONNECTED FORM 7
  7. CHAPTER III. ACCENT AND SHADDAH 10
  8. CHAPTER IV. LONG VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS 12
  9. CHAPTER V. HAMZAH AND THREE TYPES OF LONG ALIF 14
  10. CHAPTER VI. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE. SUN LETTERS. WAṢLAH. NÜNATION. ACCENT. MISCELLANEOUS 17
  11. CHAPTER VII. THE ARABIC LANGUAGE IN GENERAL 20
  12. CHAPTER VIII. NOMINAL SENTENCES: SUBJECT AND PREDICATE 26
  13. CHAPTER IX. GENDER 29
  14. CHAPTER X. THE CONSTRUCT PHRASE 32
  15. CHAPTER XI. ADJECTIVES. COLLECTIVES 35
  16. CHAPTER XII. PRONOUNS 39
  17. CHAPTER XIII. PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS 43
  18. CHAPTER XIV. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. COPULA. DIPTOTES 47
  19. CHAPTER XV. VERBS. VERBAL SENTENCES. SUBJECT AND OBJECT OF VERB 51
  20. CHAPTER XVI. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. إڨ ADVERBS. AND ITS "SISTERS" 55
  21. CHAPTER XVII. THE DERIVED FORMS OF THE VERB 60
  22. CHAPTER XVIII. WEAK VERBS IN THE PERFECT. S VB ORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS 65
  23. CHAPTER XIX. MAṢDARS 69
  24. CHAPTER XX. PARTICIPLES. ێڨ AND ITS SISTERS. APPOSITION 74
  25. CHAPTER XXI. NOUNS OF INSTRUMENT. NOUNS OF PLACE AND TIME. EMPHATIC NOUNS. DIMINUTIVES. ABSTRACT NISBAHS 80
  26. CHAPTER XXII. THE DUAL 85
  27. CHAPTER XXIII. PERFECT VERBS IN THE PLURAL SOUND PLURAL NOUNS 89
  28. CHAPTER XXIV. THE IMPERFECT. THE DOUBLED VERB 95
  29. CHAPTER XXV. BROKEN PLURALS. OTHER DIPTOTES. OTHER FEMININE ENDINGS 99
  30. CHAPTER XXVI. REVIEW 105
  31. CHAPTER XXVII. WEAK VERBS IN THE IMPERFECT 107
  32. CHAPTER XXVIII. PARTICIPLES AND MASDARS OF WEAK VERBS. ADVERB OF PURPOSE 112
  33. CHAPTER XXIX. JUSSIVE. SUBJUNCTIVE. INTERROGATIVE 120
  34. CHAPTER XXX. THE IMPERATIVE 127
  35. CHAPTER XXXI. THE PASSIVE 134
  36. CHAPTER XXXII. ACCUSATIVES IN GENERAL 141
  37. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE NUMERALS 147
  38. CHAPTER XXXIV. QUADRILITERAL VERBS. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 159
  39. CHAPTER XXXV. POTPOURRI 166
  40. APPENDICES: I - II 175
  41. ENGLISH-ARABIC VOCABULARY 247
  42. ENGLISH INDEX 285
  43. ARABIC INDEX 292
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