Full Description
Learn another language the way you learnt your own You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Arabic in the same way. You'll stick with it because you'll love it * Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. * This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Arabic in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself. * You learn through listening and speaking - without the pressure of writing or memorising. * You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably. This much-anticipated Vocabulary Course carries forward the Michel Thomas teaching tradition and faithfully follows his unique approach to foreign language learning. The essential format is the same all-audio, building-block approach. The teacher teaches two students in the recording studio in real time and the student at home becomes the third member of the class. The native-speaker assistant teacher concentrates on helping get the pronunciation of sounds and words which are difficult for English-speakers just right.
Learning vocabulary is notoriously difficult if attempted in the traditional way - with long lists and hours of memorisation. However, with the Michel Thomas Method, new words and phrases are presented in such a way that they cannot be forgotten. They are interwoven with what has gone before so they are imprinted in your knowledge bank for ever. The vocabulary in the courses is carefully chosen from the relatively small number of 'power words' which open up an amazing range of expression and comprehension. Building and expanding on the language structures taught in the Foundation and Advanced Courses, these new Vocabulary Courses give you all you need to enjoy travelling in the Arabic-speaking world, be it for business or pleasure.
Contents
INTRODUCTION Part 1: Arabic root system and word patterns Overview of Arabic roots: three root sounds How to identify the root Word patterns Descriptive words (adjectives) * The 'kareem' pattern * The 'kasbaan' pattern * The 'maHmood' pattern * The 'kuwaiti' pattern Comparing: the 'ashraf' pattern Places: the 'madrasa' pattern Professions: the 'fallaaH' pattern Instruments: the 'muftaaH' pattern Experts: the 'shagh-gheel' pattern Part 2: Plurals External * -een ('fallaaHeen') * -aat ('sandawitchaat') Internal * The 'bunook' pattern * The 'ahraam' pattern * The 'kutub' pattern * The 'gimaal' pattern * The 'falaafil' pattern * The 'Oh la la!' pattern Part 3: Arabic verbs Present/future stems * shrab drink * fham understand * ktib write * dris study * ftaH open * lcab play * shoof see * rooH go * zoor visit * Tbukh cook Past stems * shirib drank * fihim understood * katab wrote * daras studied * fataH opened * licib played * shaaf/shuf saw * raaH/ruH went * zaar/zur visited * Tabakh cooked Verb varieties (forms) * Introduction * The 'fahhim' variety * The 'it' variety ('itkallim') * Recognizing other varieties * the 'muHammad' pattern Part 4: Two common roots r/k/b the 'riding' root * yirkab/rikib (to ride, eg bus, horse) * raakib (riding, passenger) * rakkeeb (expert rider) * markoob (a mount, donkey + archaic 'pair of shoes'!) * markib, maraakib (boat) * marakbi (boatman) * yirakkib (cause to ride, to mount, to fix), also cheat at cards * yitrakkib (to be fixed) kh/r/g the 'exiting' root * yukhrug/kharag (to exit, go out) * makhrag (exit, way out, place of exit) * khaarig (going out) * yitkharrag (to graduate) * mitkharrag min (a graduate of) * yistakhrag (to extract - to seek to take out?) * mustakhrig (extractor) * mustakhrag (extracted) * mukhrig (director [of film]) CONCLUSION
