Full Description
The Fundamentals of Lebanese Grammar provides a comprehensive guide to the grammar of the spoken language of Lebanon.
It presents the fundamentals and complexities of the Lebanese variety of Arabic in a practical and organized way. This guide also utilizes side-by-side transliterations in both the Arabic script and the Latin alphabet in the way that they are used by native speakers. The explanations of the grammar concepts are presented in English and are made to be easily understandable for everyone, regardless of prior linguistic knowledge. Special features of this text include endnotes on culture, expressions, and an entire chapter dedicated to regional varieties of Lebanese.
This book is an essential tool for all learners of the Lebanese variety of Arabic, and it is a useful resource for every stage of the language learning process, from beginner to advanced.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Writing System
Adjectives
Nouns
Sentence Structure
Adverbs
Pronouns
Prepositions
The Genitive Construct
Ken and its Sisters
The Verb System
Simple Past Tense
Present Indicative Tense
Future Tense
Modal and Auxiliary Verbs
Continuous Tense
Active Participles
Perfect Tenses
Passive Participles and Passive Voice
Gerunds
Conditionals
Imperfect Tense and Subjunctive Voice
Imperative Voice
Quantifiers
Numbers
Accusative of Circumstance
Exclusion and Exception
Exclamation
Conjunctions
Vocatives and Discourse Markers
Diminutive
Regional Variation
Index
