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Week - 1 |
Overview of the Arabic language: Its status among world languages; fundamental characteristics of classical Arabic and its dialects. |
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Week - 2 |
Classification of nouns, verbs, and particles; definite and indefinite forms; masculine and feminine structures; singular, dual, and plural nouns |
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Week - 3 |
The seven categories (Aqsām al-Sab‘a): sound and weak verbs; separate (independent) and connected (attached) pronouns |
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Week - 4 |
The conjugation and usage of the past and present/future tenses, as well as the forms and functions of imperative and prohibitive verbs |
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Week - 5 |
The i‘rāb of the imperfect (present) verb; verb–subject agreement, the object and its types |
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Week - 6 |
Prepositions (ḥarf al-jar) and their functions; selected adverbs and their uses; demonstrative pronouns |
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Week - 7 |
Mid-Term Exam |
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Week - 8 |
Nominal sentences: the subject (mubtada) and predicate (khabar), including the different types of predicate |
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Week - 9 |
Noun (Genitive) Constructions (iḍāfa) and Adjective Phrases |
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Week - 10 |
The verb kāna and its sisters: forms and syntactic functions |
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Week - 11 |
Inna and its sisters |
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Week - 12 |
Understanding the concepts of mu‘rab (declinable) and mabnī (indeclinable) forms, with practical applications of i‘rāb |
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Week - 13 |
Genera review and preparation for the final exam |
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Week - 14 |
Final Exam |