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A174 topics
- · Grammatical Gender
- · Forming the Feminine
- · Irregular & Natural Gender
- · Noun–Adjective Gender Agreement
A264 topics
- · Introduction to Iʿrāb (Case)
- · Nominative Case (Marfūʿ)
- · Accusative Case (Manṣūb)
- · Genitive Case (Majrūr)
B166 topics
- · The Deputy Subject (Nāʾib al-Fāʿil)
- · The Five Nouns (al-Asmāʾ al-Khamsa)
- · Diptotes (Mamnūʿ min al-Ṣarf)
- · Case Endings of Dual & Sound Plurals
B264 topics
- · The Dependent Cases (Tawābiʿ)
- · Tamyīz after Comparatives & Numbers
- · The Ḥāl as a Clause
- · The Adverbial Accusative (Mafʿūl Fīh / Ẓarf)
C132 topics
- · Spelling Variants & Conventions
- · Tashkil for Disambiguation
- · Rhetorical Devices (Balāgha)
- · Figurative Language (Majāz)
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- Grammatical Gender
- Forming the Feminine
- Irregular & Natural Gender
- Noun–Adjective Gender Agreement
- Noun–Adjective Definiteness Agreement
- Verb–Subject Agreement (Basics)
- The Dual (Introduction)
- Sound Masculine Plural
- Sound Feminine Plural
- Broken Plurals (Introduction)
- Demonstrative Agreement
- The Indefinite Noun
- The Definite Article al-
- Sun & Moon Letters
- The Construct State (Iḍāfa)
- No al- on the First Term
- Second Term is Genitive
- Proper Nouns & Definiteness
- Negating the Present with lā
- Negating the Past with mā
- Negation with laysa
- "I don't / he doesn't" Patterns
- Coordinators wa- and fa-
- Sequencing with thumma
- Cardinal Numbers 1–10
- "One" & "Two" as Adjectives
- Days, Months & Seasons
- Telling the Time (Basic)
- Ordinal Numbers (Introduction)
- The Arabic Alphabet
- Letter Joining & Position Forms
- Short Vowels (Ḥarakāt)
- Long Vowels
- Gemination (Šadda)
- Nunation (Tanwīn)
- Tā' Marbūṭa
- Hamzat al-Waṣl vs al-Qaṭʿ
- Alif Maqṣūra
- Lām-Alif Ligature
- Writing Initial Hamza on Alif
- Spelling & Connecting Words
- Basic Prepositions
- Prepositions Take the Genitive
- Prefixed bi- and li-
- Expressing "I have" with ʿinda / li-
- Place Adverbs & Locatives
- from / to: min & ilā
- Basic Particles: yā, naʿam, lā
- Detached Subject Pronouns
- Attached Possessive Pronouns
- Near Demonstratives
- Far Demonstratives
- Demonstrative + Definite Noun
- Object Pronoun Suffixes (Basic)
- kull & baʿḍ
- Plural Address Pronouns
- Greetings & Set Phrases
- Introducing Yourself
- The Nominal Sentence
- Zero Copula in the Present
- Adjective Follows the Noun
- Yes/No Questions: hal & a-
- Common Question Words
- "There is": hunāka / yūjad
- Relative Pronoun (Basic)
- Answering Questions: naʿam / lā
- Basic Word Order Overview
- Present Tense (Form I)
- Present-Tense Person Prefixes
- Past Tense (Form I)
- Past-Tense Person Suffixes
- The Imperative
- kāna "was" (Introduction)
- The Nisba Adjective
- Introduction to Iʿrāb (Case)
- Nominative Case (Marfūʿ)
- Accusative Case (Manṣūb)
- Genitive Case (Majrūr)
- The Direct Object is Accusative
- The Predicate of kāna is Accusative
- The Noun of inna is Accusative
- Adverbs of Manner (Accusative Tanwīn)
- Time Adverbs in the Accusative
- Future Negation with lan
- Past Negation with lam
- The Negative Imperative
- laysa: Full Conjugation
- Conditional with idhā
- Conditional with in
- Reporting with anna
- Because: li-anna
- But: lākinna / wa-lākin
- Linking Ideas in Short Texts
- Iḍāfa with a Pronoun
- Definiteness Spreads from the Last Term
- Adjectives Modifying an Iḍāfa
- Definite Noun Phrases (Review)
- Verbs with Dual Subjects
- Verb Agreement with Human Plurals
- Non-Human Plurals Take Feminine Singular
- Common Broken-Plural Patterns
- Pronoun Suffixes on Prepositions
- li- + Suffix Vowel Changes
- The Detached Object: iyyā-
- Demonstrative + Iḍāfa
- Number–Noun Gender Polarity (3–10)
- Case of the Counted Noun
- Numbers 11–99
- Dates & the Calendar
- Formal Address & Register (A2)
- inna and Its Sisters (Intro)
- qad + Present (Probability)
- qad + Past (Completion)
- Verb + Preposition Collocations
- Relative Pronouns: Full Set
- The Returning Pronoun (ʿĀ'id)
- Indefinite Antecedent: No Relative Word
- The Verbal Sentence (V-S-O)
- Verb Agreement in V-S-O Order
- The Verb Forms (Awzān) Overview
- Form II (faʿʿala)
- Form III (fāʿala)
- Form IV (afʿala)
- Active Participle (Form I)
- Passive Participle (Form I)
- The Verbal Noun (Maṣdar) Intro
- kāna and Its Sisters (Intro)
- Present Tense: Full Conjugation
- Past Tense: Full Conjugation
- The Future: sa- and sawfa
- Subjunctive after an
- Subjunctive after li- / ḥattā / kay
- The Jussive (Majzūm) Introduction
- The Imperative: All Forms
- kāna + Present (Past Continuous)
- Weak Verbs: Assimilated (Mithāl)
- Weak Verbs: Hollow (Ajwaf)
- Weak Verbs: Defective (Nāqiṣ)
- The Deputy Subject (Nāʾib al-Fāʿil)
- The Five Nouns (al-Asmāʾ al-Khamsa)
- Diptotes (Mamnūʿ min al-Ṣarf)
- Case Endings of Dual & Sound Plurals
- The Cognate Accusative (Mafʿūl Muṭlaq)
- The Accusative of Purpose (Mafʿūl li-Ajlih)
- The Accusative of Accompaniment (Mafʿūl Maʿah)
- The Circumstantial Accusative (Ḥāl)
- The Accusative of Specification (Tamyīz)
- Unreal / Adjectival Iḍāfa
- Counterfactual Conditional with law
- The Conditional & Its Two Jussives
- Conditional Nouns (man, mā, mahmā)
- Time Subordinators
- Result & Purpose Clauses
- Concession Connectors
- Coordination & Its Case Agreement (ʿAṭf al-Nasaq)
- Hundreds, Thousands & Compound Numbers
- Ordinal Numbers: Full System
- Duration: mundhu / li-
- Tamyīz after kam
- Centuries & Numeric Reading
- MSA vs Dialect Register
- Formal Letters & Emails
- Common Idiomatic Frames
- Medial Hamza Seats
- Final Hamza Seats
- The Distinguishing Alif (Alif al-Tafrīq)
- Exception with illā
- Exception with ghayr / siwā
- inna and Sisters: Full Use
- The Emphatic Lām after inna
- Compound (Phrasal) Prepositions
- Relatives without the Article: man & mā
- Fronting for Emphasis (Taqdīm)
- kam: Interrogative vs Exclamatory
- Apposition (Badal)
- Emphasis (Tawkīd)
- Choosing the Negation Particle
- Categorical Negation: lā an-Nāfiya lil-Jins
- Form V (tafaʿʿala)
- Form VI (tafāʿala)
- Form VII (infaʿala)
- Form VIII (iftaʿala)
- Form X (istafʿala)
- Mapping Form to Meaning
- Maṣdar Patterns by Verb Form
- Participles of Derived Forms
- The Comparative (Afʿal + min)
- The Superlative
- Nouns of Place & Time (Mafʿal)
- Noun of Instrument (Mifʿal/Mifʿāl/Mifʿala)
- Intensive Forms (Ṣīghat al-Mubālagha)
- Indicative / Subjunctive / Jussive Overview
- The Five Verbs (al-Afʿāl al-Khamsa)
- Doubled (Geminate) Verbs
- Hamzated Verbs
- Weak Verbs Across Tenses
- The Emphatic Nūn (Nūn al-Tawkīd)
- The Passive Voice (Intro)
- Passive of Derived Forms
- kāna and Sisters: Full Use
- Verbs of Approximation: kāda etc.
- Impersonal & Modal Expressions
- Necessity & Permission Frames
- Tense Sequence in Narration
- The Dependent Cases (Tawābiʿ)
- Tamyīz after Comparatives & Numbers
- The Ḥāl as a Clause
- The Adverbial Accusative (Mafʿūl Fīh / Ẓarf)
- Estimated & Positional Iʿrāb (taqdīrī / maḥallī)
- Indeclinable (Built) Words (al-Asmāʾ al-Mabniyya)
- Advanced Passive & Agent Avoidance
- Expressing Modality (Advanced)
- Verbs with Two Objects (case of both)
- Verbs with Three Objects
- Emphatic Past Negation (lām al-juḥūd)
- lammā: 'Not Yet' (Jāzima) vs 'When'
- Negating with Literary in (in al-nāfiya)
- The fa- of the Conditional Answer (Jawāb al-Sharṭ)
- law-lā: 'If It Weren't For'
- Mixed & Nested Conditionals
- Discourse Markers & Cohesion
- fa- of Causation + Subjunctive (fā' al-sababiyya)
- The wāw: Maʿiyya, Ḥāl & ʿAṭf Distinctions
- Extended Comparison & Analogy (kamā, mithlamā, ʿalā ghirār)
- Chained (Multi-Term) Idafa
- What May Interrupt an Idafa
- Idafa vs Adjective Disambiguation
- Complete vs Incomplete Exception (Case Rules)
- Disconnected Exception (Istithna' Munqati')
- The Complete Number System (Master Rules)
- I'rab of Compound Numbers (11–19 built on fatha)
- Fractions, Percentages & Math
- Orthography of Numbers & Symbols
- Arabic Punctuation Conventions
- The Complete Hamza System
- Final Alif Decision Rules (a vs maqsura)
- Journalistic & Media Style
- Academic Tone & Hedging
- Shift of Reference (Iltifat)
- Register-Sensitive Word Choice
- Paragraph Cohesion & Reference
- The Vocative (Munādā)
- Vocative of an Iḍāfa (Accusative)
- Specification (Ikhtiṣāṣ)
- Warning & Incitement (Taḥdhīr / Ighrāʾ)
- The Preoccupied Verb (Ishtighāl)
- Competing Operators (Tanāzuʿ)
- Quasi-Sentence as Predicate (Shibh Jumla)
- Types of the Predicate (Khabar)
- Postponed & Implicit Mubtada'
- Restriction & Exclusivity (qasr: innama, ma...illa)
- Focus by Fronting (Advanced Taqdim)
- Oaths (Qasam) & Their Answers
- Exclamation (Ta'ajjub): ma af'alah / af'il bih
- Praise & Blame Verbs (ni'ma, bi'sa, habbadha)
- Resolving Relative-Clause Ambiguity (nested, 'a'id matching)
- Building Complex Periodic Sentences
- Form IX (ifʿalla)
- Quadriliteral Verbs
- Rare Augmented Forms (XI–XV)
- Advanced Nisba & Relational Forms
- The Diminutive (Tasghīr, fuʿayl)
- Maṣdar Mīmī & Maṣdar of Instance/Manner
- The Quasi-Participle (Ṣifa Mushabbaha)
- Declinable vs Indeclinable Verbs
- Tense & Aspect Nuance
- Compound Tenses with kāna
- Passive of Weak Verbs (qīla, bīʿa)
- Spelling Variants & Conventions
- Tashkil for Disambiguation
- Rhetorical Devices (Balāgha)
- Figurative Language (Majāz)
- Simile Structures (Tashbīh)
- Devices of Emphasis & Restriction
- Classical vs Modern MSA Usage
- Avoiding Foreign Calques
- Oratorical & Persuasive Register
- Legal & Administrative Arabic
- Declarative vs Performative (Khabar/Inshāʾ)
- Proverbs & Elevated Idiom
- Editing & Self-Correction (C1)
- Clauses with/without I'rab Position
- Ellipsis & Implied Elements
- Parenthetical Clauses (I'tirad)
- The Causal Adjective (Na't Sababi)
- Classical Relative & Resumption Nuance
- Periodic & Parallel Sentence Style
- Resolving Structural Ambiguity
- Subtle Negation Distinctions
- Classical Conditional Particles
- Advanced Textual Cohesion
- Classical Number Edge Cases
- Full I'rab Analysis
- Advanced Morphophonology (I'lal)
- Assimilation (Idgham)
- Subtle Mood & Particle Choice
- Contested & Rare Case Assignments
- Semantics of the Idafa
- Classical Tense/Aspect Subtleties
- Subtle Particle Meanings
What the arabic guide covers
Syntax (33) · Cases (26) · Verb tenses (19) · Numbers dates time (18) · Register (16) · Connectors (15) · Derivation (15) · Verb forms (15) · Negation (14) · Orthography (14) · Verb usage (12) · Idafa (11) · Particles (11) · Verb mood (10) · Conditionals (9) · Prepositions (8) · Gender number (7) · Phonology script (7) · Pronouns (7) · Relative clauses (7) · Agreement (6) · Vocabulary usage (6) · Definiteness (5) · Determiners (5) · Dual (2) · Interrogation (2)
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