ABSTRACT

This chapter describes the concepts of asking questions, questions of yes or no, questions of whom and what, high frequency propositions, negation with ma, mish, laa by using the arabic words. Two elements are usually present when asking questions in most languages: the question word and intonation. Intonation generally refers to pitch variation: the fact that different utterances have different beats, or different music. The best way to learn the high frequency prepositions is to understand their general usages and practice them in different contexts. Sentences are of two main types: nominal and verbal. A nominal sentence is one that starts with a noun or a pronoun. If the sentence has a verb, there has to be a subject associated with it. Usually, sentences start with a subject; however, they also can start with a verb. There will be much more chance for these types of engagements at more advanced levels of language proficiency.