A Learner's Grammar of Levantine Arabic

Chris Hitchcock is a freelance translator, interpreter, and researcher who has lived and worked in the Middle East. He also maintains the website Team Maha, a blog for learning Syrian Arabic. Elias Shakkour directs the Translator and Interpreter Corps at DePaul University and is a certified translator of Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

IntroductionHow to Use This Book

Part 1: SoundsUnit 1: The Sounds of Levantine ArabicUnit 2: Stress and the Helping VowelUnit 3: Regional VariationUnit 4: Sound ChangesUnit 5: Introduction to Roots and PatternsUnit 6: Weak Roots

Part 2: Word TypesUnit 7: Derived NounsUnit 8: The Feminine Suffix -a/eUnit 9: Nouns with -iUnit 10: Gender of NounsUnit 11: Singular, Plural, Count and Mass NounsUnit 12: Plural FormationUnit 13: DefinitenessUnit 14: DemonstrativesUnit 15: The 2iDaafeUnit 16: AdjectivesUnit 17: More on AdjectivesUnit 18: PronounsUnit 19: The -l- SuffixUnit 20: AdverbsUnit 21: PresentativesUnit 22: PrepositionsUnit 23: Verb DerivationUnit 24: Some Unexpected Verb TypesUnit 25: The PerfectiveUnit 26: The Imperfective: Simple VerbsUnit 27: The Imperfective: Derived VerbsUnit 28: The ImperativeUnit 29: The Active ParticipleUnit 30: The Passive ParticipleUnit 31: maSdars

Part 3: TenseUnit 32: Introduction to TenseUnit 33: The PerfectiveUnit 34: The ImperfectiveUnit 35: Continuous ConstructionsUnit 36: Future ConstructionsUnit 37: ParticiplesUnit 38: Framing Constructions: kaanUnit 39: Framing Constructions Indicating a Change of StateUnit 40: Framing Constructions Indicating DurationUnit 41: Miscellaneous Framing StructuresUnit 42: Context Framing

Part 4: MoodUnit 43: Commands and InstructionsUnit 44: Suggestions, Requests, Wishes, Exclamations, and OathsUnit 45: Modal Framing StructuresUnit 46: Miscellaneous Modal Structures

Part 5: Sentence StructureUnit 47: Verbal SentenceUnit 48: Topic SentenceUnit 49: "To Be" Sentences and Existential ("There Is") SentencesUnit 50: AgreementUnit 51: SubjectsUnit 52: Direct and Prepositional ObjectsUnit 53: Indirect Objects with -la- and 3alaUnit 54: Secondary ObjectsUnit 55: Reflexive and Reciprocal ConstructionsUnit 56: Causative Constructions ("Make" and "Let")Unit 57: Passive and Impersonal ConstructionsUnit 58: Introduction to SubordinationUnit 59: Object SubordinationUnit 60: Nonobject SubordinationUnit 61: Special Zero-ImperfectivesUnit 62: Double-Verb ConstructionUnit 63: Basic Relative ClausesUnit 64: More Complicated Relative ClausesUnit 65: The 7aalUnit 66: Changes to Word Order and Emphasis

Part 6: Conjunction ConstructionsUnit 67: Coordinating ConjunctionsUnit 68: Subordinating Conjunctions

Part 7: Conditional StructuresUnit 69: Open ConditionalsUnit 70: Hypothetical ConditionalsUnit 71: Other Conditional Constructions

Part 8: QuestionsUnit 72: Closed QuestionsUnit 73: Open Questions: Core QuestionsUnit 74: Open Questions: Noncore QuestionsUnit 75: Subordinated Questions

Part 9: NegationUnit 76: Basic NegationUnit 77: Other Common NegativesUnit 78: Other Negative Structures

Part 10: ComparativesUnit 79: ComparisonsUnit 80: Superlative Constructions

Part 11: Location and DestinationUnit 81 Location and Destination

Part 12: Numbers and Quantity ExpressionsUnit 82: NumbersUnit 83: Ordinal Numbers and FractionsUnit 84: Quantifiers and Other Quantity Expressions

AppendicesAppendix A: Verb TablesAppendix B: PrepositionsAppendix C: ConjunctionsAppendix D: Politeness, Impoliteness, and Terms of Address

Index