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Author:   Jane Wightwick ,  Mahmoud Gaafar ,  Michel Thomas ,  Jane Wightwick
Publisher:   John Murray Press
Imprint:   Michel Thomas Method
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.154kg
ISBN:  

9781529319583

ISBN 10:   1529319587
Publication Date:   13 June 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

: INTRODUCTION : Part 1: Arabic root system and word patterns : Overview of Arabic roots: three root sounds : How to identify the root : Word patterns : Descriptive words (adjectives) •: The 'kareem' pattern •: The 'kasbaan' pattern •: The 'maHmood' pattern •: The 'kuwaiti' pattern : Comparing: the 'ashraf' pattern : Places: the 'madrasa' pattern : Professions: the 'fallaaH' pattern : Instruments: the 'muftaaH' pattern : Experts: the 'shagh-gheel' pattern : Part 2: Plurals : External •: -een ('fallaaHeen') •: -aat ('sandawitchaat') : Internal •: The 'bunook' pattern •: The 'ahraam' pattern •: The 'kutub' pattern •: The 'gimaal' pattern •: The 'falaafil' pattern •: The 'Oh la la!' pattern : Part 3: Arabic verbs : Present/future stems •: shrab drink •: fham understand •: ktib write •: dris study •: ftaH open •: lcab play •: shoof see •: rooH go •: zoor visit •: Tbukh cook : Past stems •: shirib drank •: fihim understood •: katab wrote •: daras studied •: fataH opened •: licib played •: shaaf/shuf saw •: raaH/ruH went •: zaar/zur visited •: Tabakh cooked : Verb varieties (forms) •: Introduction •: The 'fahhim' variety •: The 'it' variety ('itkallim') •: Recognizing other varieties •: the 'muHammad' pattern : Part 4: Two common roots : r/k/b the 'riding' root •: yirkab/rikib (to ride, eg bus, horse) •: raakib (riding, passenger) •: rakkeeb (expert rider) •: markoob (a mount, donkey + archaic 'pair of shoes'!) •: markib, maraakib (boat) •: marakbi (boatman) •: yirakkib (cause to ride, to mount, to fix), also cheat at cards •: yitrakkib (to be fixed) : kh/r/g the 'exiting' root •: yukhrug/kharag (to exit, go out) •: makhrag (exit, way out, place of exit) •: khaarig (going out) •: yitkharrag (to graduate) •: mitkharrag min (a graduate of) •: yistakhrag (to extract - to seek to take out?) •: mustakhrig (extractor) •: mustakhrag (extracted) •: mukhrig (director [of film]) : CONCLUSION

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The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis. - New Yorker, Easy, Tiger, Language Lessons on the Road I've used Michel Thomas to get off the starting block for French, Italian and Spanish and I'm always surprised by how much I can say after only a few hours of listening. The Michel Thomas Italian course organises verbs into logical groups which helps you pick them up fast. And perhaps more importantly, it shows you how to use this grammar to build useful sentences. - www.joyoflanguages.com I experienced the same sort of pleasure that you got from suddenly getting a crossword clue right or cracking a code...the finger-snapping moment of, Oh My God! I've just understood what you've said to me in Spanish or you've just understood me! The nearest thing to painless learning - The Times Works like a dream - Daily Telegraph Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed - The Guardian Five minutes in and you already feel like you're winning - Time Out The most extraordinary learning experience of my life.

A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages -- Stephen Fry The most extraordinary learning experience of my life. -- Emma Thompson Five minutes in and you already feel like you're winning * Time Out * Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed * The Guardian * Works like a dream * Daily Telegraph * The nearest thing to painless learning * The Times * I experienced the same sort of pleasure that you got from suddenly getting a crossword clue right or cracking a code...the finger-snapping moment of, Oh My God! I've just understood what you've said to me in Spanish or you've just understood me! -- Peter LOVSTROM, Actor I've used Michel Thomas to get off the starting block for French, Italian and Spanish and I'm always surprised by how much I can say after only a few hours of listening. The Michel Thomas Italian course organises verbs into logical groups which helps you pick them up fast. And perhaps more importantly, it shows you how to use this grammar to build useful sentences. -- Katie Harris * www.joyoflanguages.com * The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis. -- David Sedaris * New Yorker, `Easy, Tiger, Language Lessons on the Road' *

Author Information

Jane Wightwick is an experienced teacher of Arabic and author and publisher of Arabic-teaching materials. Mahmoud Gaafar worked for the United Nations and Radio Cairo and now authors print, radio and TV resources for the Arab world. Michel Thomas (1914-2005) had an amazing life. Born in Poland, he spent his early years in Germany and then in France, where he studied psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris. When war broke out, he fought with the Resistance and suffered imprisonment in labour camps. At the end of the war he joined the US liberation army and later settled in the US where he established his world-famous language school. Languages, being his strength and passion became the focus of the next 50 years of his life that he spent developing a method that he hoped would change the way we teach and learn - so that everyone could succeed. He developed this method 'that works with the brain'. After creating several courses of his own, he passed on his method so that other teachers might use it too.

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