A Basic Course in Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Audio Files

by Wallace M. Erwin

Overview

A comprehensive introduction to Iraqi Arabic for beginners (with Iraqi-English and English-Iraqi glossaries) this is the language spoken by Muslim Baghdad residents, transcribed and not in Arabic script. It does not assume prior knowledge of Arabic. A Basic Course in Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Audio Files contains ten chapters of phonology to explain the sounds, and thirty more covering grammar and vocabulary. The phonology chapters all contain extensive drills. The grammar chapters start with a dialogue or brief narrative, then explain new vocabulary and points of grammar, and conclude with drills. The book is usefully enhanced with a bound-in CD with audio MP3 files to accompany the text and drills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589010116
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	03/22/2004
Series:	Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics series
Edition description:	With MP3 Audio Files
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Language:	Arabic
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

	Contents of the Audio MP3 Files	xiii
	Arabic Research at Georgetown University	xxv
	The History of the Arabic Research Program, Institute of Languages and Linguistics, Georgetown University	xxvi
	Foreword to the Georgetown Classics Edition	xxviii
	Acknowledgments	xxx
	Introduction	xxxi
Unit 1
A.	Consonants p b k g f v [Theta] [delta] s z s z c j m n w y	1
B.	Vowels: General comments	3
C.	Long vowel aa	5
D.	Long vowel ii	7
E.	Long vowel uu	8
F.	Long vowel oo	9
G.	Long vowel ee	10
H.	Long vowels: Summary	12
I.	Automatic stress (1)	13
Unit 2
A.	Short vowel a	15
B.	Automatic stress (2)	16
C.	Short vowel i	17
D.	Short vowel u	18
E.	Medial consonant clusters	19
F.	Medial double consonants	19
Unit 3
A.	Consonant t	21
B.	Consonant d	23
C.	Consonant l	24
D.	Diphthongs aaw and aw	26
E.	Medial double ww	27
F.	Syllable structure; automatic stress (3)	28
Unit 4
A.	Consonant h	31
B.	Consonant r	32
C.	Consonant [characters not reproducible]	34
D.	Diphthongs aay and ay	38
E.	Medial double yy	39
Unit 5
A.	Emphatic consonants: General comments	40
B.	Emphatic consonant l	42
C.	Emphatic consonant t	43
D.	Emphatic consonant s	45
E.	Emphatic consonant [delta]	46
Unit 6
A.	Primary and secondary emphatics: General comments	48
B.	Emphatic consonants p b f m z	49
C.	Initial consonant clusters	51
D.	Initial double consonants	52
Unit 7
A.	Consonant x	54
B.	Consonant g	58
C.	Short vowel o	60
D.	Diphthongs eew, ooy, and iw	61
Unit 8
A.	Consonant q	61
B.	Final consonant clusters; automatic stress (4)	63
C.	Final double consonants; automatic stress (5)	64
Unit 9
A.	Consonant [characters not reproducible]	65
B.	Consonant [characters not reproducible]	68
C.	Non-automatic stress	72
Unit 10
A.	Assimilation	73
B.	Loss of initial [characters not reproducible]	74
C.	Helping vowel	74
D.	Loss of stem vowel	75
E.	Double consonants	76
F.	Charts	77
Unit 11
A.	Dialogue	79
B.	Grammar
1.	Pronoun suffixes: Second person	82
2.	Independent personal prounons: Second person	83
3.	Adjectives: Masculine, feminine, and plural forms	84
C.	Drills	85
Unit 12
A.	Dialogue	87
B.	Grammar
1.	Pronoun suffixes: First person	89
2.	The preposition [characters not reproducible]ind	89
3.	Noun gender and adjective agreement	90
4.	Iraqi equivalents of English indefinite article	91
5.	The article prefix l-/D-	91
6.	The demonstrative prefix hal-/haD-	93
C.	Drills	93
Unit 13
A.	Dialogue	98
B.	Grammar
1.	Pronoun suffixes: First-person pronoun suffix -ni	100
2.	Independent personal pronouns: First person	100
3.	Preposition suffix -l- 'to, for'	101
4.	Prefix s- 'what'	102
5.	Prefix w- 'and'	102
6.	Adjective inflection: Stem changes	103
C.	Drills	104
Unit 14
A.	Dialogue	109
B.	Grammar
1.	Interrogative sinu 'what'	111
2.	Equational sentences	112
3.	General demonstrative pronoun: Masculine and feminine forms	112
4.	Preposition prefix l-/D- 'to, for'	114
5.	Imperfect tense: First-person forms	115
6.	Imperfect tense: Second-person forms	116
7.	Future prefix ra[characters not reproducible]	118
C.	Drills	119
Unit 15
A.	Narrative	124
B.	Grammar
1.	Preposition prefix b- 'in'	125
2.	Imperfect tense: Third-person forms	125
3.	Summary of imperfect-tense verb forms	127
4.	Pronoun suffixes: Third person	131
5.	Summary of pronoun suffix forms used with consonant stems	132
6.	Verb strings	134
C.	Drills	135
Unit 16
A.	Dialogue	142
B.	Grammar
1.	laazim 'must'	145
2.	Imperative forms (1)	145
3.	Negative commands	146
4.	Pronoun suffix forms used with vowel stems	147
5.	Vowel stems	149
6.	The preposition [characters not reproducible]ala 'on'	150
C.	Drills	151
Unit 17
A.	Dialogue	158
B.	Grammar
1.	Interrogatives sgadd 'how much' and cam 'how many'	160
2.	The numerals 'one' and 'two'	162
3.	Noun-adjective phrases: Agreement in definiteness (1)	163
C.	Drills	164
Unit 18
A.	Dialogue	168
B.	Grammar
1.	Imperfect verb stems beginning with a vowel	170
2.	Imperative forms (2)	171
3.	Verb 'to be able, can'	173
4.	minnaa and minnaak	173
5.	The numerals from 'three' to 'ten'	174
6.	Independent personal pronouns: Third person and summary	174
C.	Drills	175
Unit 19
A.	Dialogue	180
B.	Grammar
1.	Interrogative -ees 'what'; b-ees 'how much'	181
2.	The dual	182
3.	Feminine -t- stems	183
4.	The numerals from 'eleven' to 'nineteen'	184
C.	Drills	184
Unit 20
A.	Narrative	189
B.	Grammar
1.	Forms of preposition min 'from, of'	190
2.	The numerals from 'twenty' to 'ninety-nine'	191
3.	Telling time	192
4.	Pre-nouns: geer and fadd	194
C.	Drills	195
Unit 21
A.	Dialogue	200
B.	Grammar
1.	Conjunctions: Prepositions plus suffix -ma	201
2.	Forms of verb stems used with preposition suffix -l- 'to, for'	202
3.	Special forms of the verb 'to say' used with preposition suffix -l- 'to, for' (1)	203
C.	Drills	204
Unit 22
A.	Dialogue	206
B.	Grammar
1.	Prefect tense: Sound verbs (1)	207
2.	The particle ba [characters not reproducible]ad 'still, yet' plus pronoun suffixes	210
C.	Drills	211
Unit 23
A.	Dialogue	213
B.	Grammar
1.	Perfect tense: Sound verbs (2)	214
2.	Progressive prefix da-	215
3.	Suffixing stems of [characters not reproducible] ax 'brother' and [characters not reproducible] ab 'father'	216
4.	Noun-adjective phrases: Agreement in definiteness (2)	216
C.	Drills	217
Unit 24
A.	Dialogue	219
B.	Grammar
1.	Conjunctions: Interrogatives plus suffix ma-	220
2.	Noun plurals: General comments	221
3.	Sound masculine plurals: Suffixes -iin and -a	221
4.	Sound feminine plurals: Suffix -aat	222
5.	Broken plurals	223
6.	Numerals from 'three' to 'ten': Combining forms	225
7.	Numerals: The hundreds	225
C.	Drills	227
Unit 25
A.	Narrative	229
B.	Grammar
1.	Perfect tense: Hollow verbs	230
2.	Perfect-tense verbs with pronoun suffixes	231
3.	Special forms of gaal 'to say' used with preposition suffix -l- 'to, for' (2)	232
C.	Drills	233
Unit 26
A.	Dialogue	235
B.	Grammar
1.	Annexions	237
2.	Preposition -b- 'in' with pronoun suffixes	239
3.	Perfect tense: Doubled verbs	240
C.	Drills	241
Unit 27
A.	Dialogue	243
B.	Grammar
1.	Perfect tense: Defective verbs	244
2.	The verb [characters not reproducible] ija or jaa 'to come'	245
3.	The post-stated object	246
4.	The particle xoos 'good'	247
C.	Drills	247
Unit 28
A.	Dialogue	249
B.	Grammar
1.	Roots and patterns	251
2.	Feminine form of adjectives	252
3.	The comparative	254
C.	Drills	256
Unit 29
A.	Dialogue	259
B.	Grammar
1.	The verb caan 'to be'	260
2.	The verb caan as an auxiliary	261
C.	Drills	263
Unit 30
A.	Narrative	265
B.	Drills	266
Unit 31
A.	Dialogue	269
B.	Grammar
1.	Sentence types: Equational, verbal, and topical	270
2.	Plural forms of adjectives	272
3.	Adjective agreement in gender and number	273
4.	Agreement of pronouns and verbs	275
C.	Drills	276
Unit 32
A.	Dialogue	278
B.	Grammar
1.	Relative clauses	280
2.	Constructions with maal	282
C.	Drills	283
Unit 33
A.	Dialogue	285
B.	Grammar
1.	Verb classes	287
2.	Inflection of derived and quadriliteral verbs	297
3.	Ordinal numerals	300
4.	Numerals: The thousands and millions	301
5.	Days of the week, month, and dates	302
C.	Drills	304
Unit 34
A.	Dialogue	306
B.	Grammar
1.	Suffix -man 'whose, whom'	307
2.	Active participles: Class I	308
3.	The word nafis 'soul; same; self'	314
C.	Drills	314
Unit 35
A.	Narrative	316
B.	Grammar
1.	Active participles: Class II to X and Quadriliterals	317
2.	The auxiliary caan with active participle	322
3.	Adjectives of color and defect	323
C.	Drills	324
Unit 36
A.	Dialogue	326
B.	Grammar
1.	Collectives and unit nouns	328
2.	Passive participles	330
3.	Nouns ending in -ci	332
C.	Drills	333
Unit 37
A.	Dialogue	335
B.	Grammar
1.	Conditional sentences	336
2.	Imperatives: Summary; prefixes di- and xal-	338
3.	Far demonstratives and summary	341
C.	Drills	343
Unit 38
A.	Dialogue	345
B.	Grammar
1.	The stem -yyaa-	346
2.	Summary of negatives	349
C.	Drills	351
Unit 39
A.	Dialogue	353
B.	Grammar
1.	Nisba adjectives	355
2.	Feminie -t- stems of the pattern FvMLat-	357
C.	Drills	358
Unit 40
A.	Narrative	361
B.	Grammar
1.	Verbal nouns	362
C.	Drills	365