ABSTRACT

Basic Emirati Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook is an elementary-level grammar book of the variety of Gulf Arabic spoken in the United Arab Emirates.

In this book, a series of compact units provide brief and concise descriptions of the fundamental grammatical structures, accompanied by examples drawn from Emirati native language speakers and several exercises assessing the learner’s understanding and mastery of the grammatical structure discussed. A key to these exercises is also provided so that learners can self-assess their progress and obtain immediate feedback.

This book is intended for beginner learners who would like to engage with this variety of Arabic and learn its basic grammatical structure through practice. It is additionally a valuable tool for language teachers of Emirati and Gulf Arabic as well as learners of Modern Standard Arabic who would like access to a basic reference of the dialect.

chapter Unit 1|2 pages

Introduction

chapter Unit 2|8 pages

Consonants

chapter Unit 3|3 pages

Vowels

chapter Unit 4|7 pages

Writing System

chapter Unit 5|3 pages

Word Formation

chapter Unit 6|6 pages

Nouns

chapter Unit 7|4 pages

Pronouns

chapter Unit 8|3 pages

Form I Verbs

chapter Unit 9|2 pages

Form II Verbs

chapter Unit 10|2 pages

Form III Verbs

chapter Unit 11|4 pages

Form V Verbs

chapter Unit 12|3 pages

Form VI Verbs

chapter Unit 13|3 pages

Form VII Verbs

chapter Unit 14|3 pages

Form VIII Verbs

chapter Unit 15|2 pages

Form IX Verbs

chapter Unit 16|3 pages

Form X Verbs

chapter Unit 17|4 pages

Intransitive, Transitive, and Ditransitive Verbs

chapter Unit 18|5 pages

Verbal Nouns

chapter Unit 19|6 pages

Adjectives

chapter Unit 20|7 pages

Adverbs

chapter Unit 21|4 pages

Prepositions

chapter Unit 22|3 pages

Quantifiers

chapter Unit 23|5 pages

Numerals

chapter Unit 24|4 pages

Modality

chapter Unit 25|4 pages

Negation

chapter Unit 26|5 pages

Noun Phrases

chapter Unit 27|5 pages

Construct States and Possessive Constructions

chapter Unit 28|4 pages

Verb Phrases and Basic Sentence Structure

chapter Unit 29|2 pages

Complex Verb Constructions

chapter Unit 30|5 pages

The Imperfective Aspect

chapter Unit 31|4 pages

The Perfective Aspect

chapter Unit 32|3 pages

The Grammatical Aspect

chapter Unit 33|3 pages

Relative Clauses and Complement Clauses

chapter Unit 34|4 pages

Questions

chapter Unit 35|3 pages

Subordination

chapter Unit 36|4 pages

Coordination