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Title: Arabic Verbs and Essentials of Grammar: A Practical Guide to the Mastery of Arabic by Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar ISBN: 0-8442-4605-0 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (12 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Suitable for beginner and intermediate level, practical
Comment: This book is easy to use, well structured. Arabic verb system is rather complicated, but with this aid you can even study on your own

Transliteration is good, too. Doesn't matter if you are native English speaker or not. It is an absolute pleasure to have a book which shows the Arabic vowels - no more guessing. This book should be used from beginner to intermediate level. The essentials of nouns, adjectives, prepositions etc. in the end make you wish there were another book covering those parts of Arabic grammar just like this book covers verbs.

Good cross-references help reader to find more information on specific topics. This book is a must, if you plan to study Arabic or have just started.

Rating: 4
Summary: Good "quick and dirty" guide to Verb formation
Comment: This is a nice outline of Arabic verb structures, but is not by any stretch of the imagination what the back cover suggests that it is (i.e. something to the effect that it is a "one-stop-shop" for Arabic Grammar). It should be noted that it does absolutely nothing with noun structures (cases etc.)

If you already have a grasp of verb structures and just want a basic-review / memory-refresher in one slim volume, this is the book for you.

For someone who is newer to the language, but has the alphabet down already, I would look to Schulz's "Standard Arabic - An Elementary-Intermediate Course" [these guys really cut to the proverbial chase and get going quickly, I reccomend this one more for folks with an existing background in linguistics and who already speak at least one other foreign language] or Brustad's "Al-Kitaab" series [the latter goes at a slower pace that many will find more digestable, especially if one doesn't have some background in linguistics jargon]. With either of these, I cannot reccomend strongly enough that you get the accompanying audio materials.

Rating: 3
Summary: Aboo Imraan's review of Arabic Verbs and Essentials of Gramm
Comment: This book is excellent when you need to learn Arabic verbs using the English Medium and if you do not have access to an Arabic speaker who can check the way you pronounce the verbs. However do not rely too much on this book after you have completed the 3 Madeenah Arabic Grammar books. After you complete those three books you will be able by the will of Allah to read and comprehend the explanation of "Al-Ajurumiyyah" entitled "At-Tufah As-Saniyyah" by Muhammad Muhyee-ud-Deen and after that the explanation of "Al-Ajurumiyyah" by Shaykh Saalih al-Uthaymeen. Both books are in Arabic and after studying both of them many students of knowledge were able to comprehend the Arabic language better than some students who study Arabic in Yale or Princeton! So as a beginner book in learning the basics of the Arabic verbs then use it, but after you get into scholarly works of the Major Scholars then this book may end up collecting a lot of dust, just like my old copy that is just sitting in my maktabah. lol

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