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Gulf Arabic Cover Image Book Book

Gulf Arabic / Jack Smart and Frances Altorfer.

Smart, J. R., (author.). Altorfer, Frances, (author.).

Summary:

"Learn to speak, understand and write gulf arabic. Progress quickly beyond the basics and explore the language in depth."-- cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0071434526
  • Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Chicago, IL : Contemporary Books, a Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003.

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Includes index.

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Subject: Arabic language > Dialects > Persian Gulf Region.
Arabic language > Self-instruction.
Arabic language > Textbooks for foreign speakers > English.
Genre: Programmed instructional materials.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Thorntown PL - Thorntown 492.7 SMA (Text) 30034000805351 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
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Introduction 8(2)
How to use this book 10(2)
Pronunciation and transliteration 12(5)
The Arabic alphabet 17(140)
1 as-salaamu :alái-kum
Hello!
22(13)
Saying hello and goodbye, using simple greetings, giving your name and asking for someone else's, saying where you are from and asking someone where they are from.
2 wain ....?
Where is...
35(17)
Asking for places in a town, asking where things are, asking for and giving directions.
3 rágam at-tilifóon....
The telephone number is...
52(11)
Numbers, asking for someone on the telephone, asking for and giving telephone numbers.
4 as-sáa:ah kam?
What time is it?
63(12)
Asking and telling the time, asking when places open and close, the days of the week, the times of day.
5 bi-kám haadha?
How much is this?
75(18)
Asking whether things are available, asking what things are and how much they cost, doing some simple bargaining, describing things.
6 inta joo:áan?
Are you hungry?
93(17)
Buying snacks and soft drinks, expressing your wants and preferences, saying what you like and dislike.
7 al-:áa'ilah
The family
110(16)
Talking about your family, talking about more than one person or thing, talking about people's occupations, saying what you do every day.
8 fi l-fúndug
In the hotel
126(14)
Asking for and reserving a room, asking about the services, asking about mealtimes, making a complaint.
9 al-hawaayáat wa 1-ijáazaat
Interests and holidays
140(17)
Talking about your interests and what you do in your spare time, your plans for the future, the weather, what you did on holiday.
10 taariikh al-:árab
The history of the Arabs
157(15)
Saying what you were doing or used to do in the past, more ways of describing things, saying how and when you do things.
11 aS-SIHHah
Health
172(13)
Saying you don't feel well, asking for a chemist or doctor, buying remedies.
12 al-ijraa'áat ar-rasmiyyah
Official procedures
185(12)
Finding a bank cashpoint, cashing travellers' cheques and changing money, buying stamps, sending mail, dealing with government departments and embassies
13 li-wáin?
Where to?
197(15)
Telling people to do things, taking a taxi, booking and buying bus tickets, hiring a car, buying petrol and dealing with car problems.
14 fi l-báit
In the house
212(12)
Talking about where you live, describing people and places, talking about renting a flat or house
Key to the exercises 224(32)
Transcripts 256(5)
Arabic verbs 261(6)
Glossary of language terms 267(6)
Arabic-English glossary 273(24)
English-Arabic glossary 297(22)
Index 319

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