Saudi Arabic--urban Hijazi Dialect: Basic Course

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Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, 1975 - Arabic language - 288 pages

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Page 68 - ... two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen...
Page xvi - Sanskrit allows of no hiatus in a sentence. If a word ends in a vowel, and the next word begins with a vowel, the two vowels coalesce, according to certain rules.
Page vii - I owe thanks to many persons for their assistance in the preparation of this book. I am indebted to Dr.
Page 161 - A gerund is a verb form ending in ing, which is used as a noun.
Page xiii - Contrasts between /k/ and /q/: kaaf qaaf kamaan qaamuus istikraar istiqbaal 7. /r/ is pronounced by tapping the tip of the tongue against the ridge above the upper teeth. The quality of /r/ may range from "light
Page v - Hijazi dialect is used throughout the country for government and commercial purposes, and has become the most widely-understood dialect in the Arabian Peninsula. The Hijazi dialect is not "pure...
Page 94 - ... from you (m) from you (f) from you (p) from me from us 9.

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