Al-Murshid

Laila Al-Sawi is a senior instructor at the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo, and co-author of Kalaam Gamiil 1 & 2 (AUC Press, 2010, 2011). Iman Saad is an Arabic language instructor at the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo.

• The Sentence:• Nominal Sentence 1• Nominal Sentence 2• Demonstratives• Verbal Sentence• Nominal & Verbal Sentences• Verbal Noun• Kana 1• Kana 2• Negation of the nominal sentence (Laysa)• Kana and her sisters• Inna and her sistersCase inflicted & and non-inflicted nounsPast tense verbs• Sound verbs - past tense• Doubled verbs - past tense• Hollow verbs - past tense• Final weak verbs - past tensePresent tense verbs• Nominative sound verbs - present tense• Nominative assimilated verbs - present tense• Nominative hollow verbs - present tense• Nominative final weak verbs - present tense• Accusative verbs• Jussive sound verbs - present tense• Jussive doubled verbs - present tense• Jussive hollow verbs - present tense• Jussive final weak verbs - present tenseImperative verbsPassive verbs• Sound verbs• Weak present tenseVerb forms• Form I & II• Form I & IV• Form II & V• Form III & VI• Form VII• Form VIII• Form IX• Form X• Review on verb formsDerivative Nouns• Active Participle and Passive Participle• Noun of placeComparatives & SuperlativesAccusative Nouns• Cognate accusative• Accusative of cause or purpose• The Haal clause• Accusative of specificationDual NounsPlural NounsThe Relative clauseThe Conditional clauseLaa of absolute negationAppendices• Appendix I: some form I verbs and their verbal nouns• Appendix II: Case inflicted nouns (in the book)• Appendix III: verb types in Arabic• Appendix IV: verb forms and their verbal nouns in MSA• Appendix V: Some broken plurals and their forms• Appendix VI: Dictionary of the words in the drills