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A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 492.7824
EAN: 9780853315858
Edition: 2 Revised
ISBN: 085331585X
Label: Lund Humphries Publishers
Manufacturer: Lund Humphries Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 687
Publication Date: 2000-06
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers
Studio: Lund Humphries Publishers
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Rating:  - Good Reference Work, Poor Teaching Text
The text adequately explains the basic patterns and syntax of Modern Standard Arabic, but it offers very little in the way of explaining the meaning and usage of grammatical forms. It also commits the cardinal sin of perpetuating the misconception that Arabic is poor in tenses. Arabic has a tense system that is quite subtle, precise, and complex (as you would expect from a language that is comprised almost entirely of verbs and their derived forms), but non-native grammarians tend to misunderstand ... Read More
Rating:  - grammer reference for beginners
A very handy reference grammer. Not as extensive as Wright's with a relatively more modern treatment. Best suited for a beginning student as a reference grammer. More advanced students of classical arabic should consider wrights.
Rating:  - Don't listen to those who adorn their houses with flowers
This is the kind of translation exercise you get in this book. Other reviewers have commented on the stilted language and subject matter, both in English and Arabic. How about, "I have seen many spiders. The beys' and pashas' rooms must be swept afresh," or "Follow the well-known plan and put the olives in the barrels." These are not sentences from 1965, the date of the first edition, but from the British mandate.
If you want to learn Arabic, you need to use a text book, not a grammar ... Read More
Rating: - A good grammar reference
This book is excellent in explaining the labyrinth of Arabic grammar. It wisely introduces the verb forms in groups that have consistent vowelling and participle formation which is the easiest format I've seen so far. It's explanations are remarkably clear. I think the advantage is since one of the authors is not a native speaker they are able to explain clearly to other non-natives what native speakers probably take for granted. It is also consistently and scrupulously vowelled (essential for a grammar ... Read More
Rating: - The Best Arabic Learning Book Around
John A. Haywood, the author, spent many years as a British civil servant and academic in Sudan. His grammar is the outcome of a lifetime of study of Arabic. Haywood and Nahmad, as the grammar is affectionately called by students of Arabic, came out in 1965. It is used in universities all over the world, and has been translated into Spanish.
The grammar gives the English grammatical terms, so it is also a useful grammar for anyone teaching English in the Middle East where English can ... Read More
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