The Fundamentals of Lebanese Grammar

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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.

Author(s): Richard A. Kline
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022

Language: English
Pages: 210
City: London

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
1 Introduction
2 The writing system
3 Adjectives
4 Nouns
5 Sentence structure
6 Adverbs
7 Pronouns
8 Prepositions
9 The genitive construct
10 Ken and its sisters
11 The verb system
12 Simple past tense
13 Present indicative tense
14 Future tense
15 Auxiliary and modal verbs
16 Continuous tense
17 Active participles
18 Perfect tenses
19 Passive participles and passive voice
20 Gerunds
21 Conditionals
22 Imperfect tense and the subjunctive voice
23 Imperative voice
24 Quantifiers
25 Numbers
26 Accusative of circumstance
27 Exclusion and exception
28 Exclamation
29 Conjunctions
30 Vocatives and discourse markers
31 Diminutive
32 Regional variation
Index