JORDANIAN ARABIC GRAMMAR
                 A Short Guide for Beginners
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                                                   CONTENTS 
                   
                           Introduction…………………………………………..………………………………………………………1  
                           Section A…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 
                              1.  Alphabet……………………………………………………………………………....................3.  
                              2.  Vowels…………………………………………………………………………………….............. 5 
                              3.  Writing System………………………………………………………………………………….   7 
                           Section B………………………………………………………………………………………............... 10   
                              4.  Subject Pronouns…………………………………………………………………………………11… ..  
                              5.  Possessive Pronouns…………………………………………………………………………..13    
                           Section C……………………………………………………………………………………………………  15 
                              6.  Present Tense: Common Irregular Verbs…………………………………………..  16 
                              7.  A Quick Introduction to Three Letter Roots……………………………………..      
                              8.  Present Tense: Regular Verbs…………………………………………………………….. 
                              9.  Present Tense with  ـب   ………………………………………………………………………..2 4 
                              10. Imperative…………………………………………………………………………………………..25    
                              11. Future Tense ………………………………………………………………………………………29…  
                              12. Past Tense ……………………………………………………………………………………………31  
                           Section D ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 36 
                              13. Nouns & Adjectives ……………………………………………………………………………37…  
                              14. Plural ……………………………………………………………………………………………………38  
                              15. Before & After ……………………………………………………………………………………39…  
                              16. The Definite Article …………………………………………………………………….………40……  … 
                              17. Comparative and Superlative ………………………………………………………………41…  
                           Section E ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….44 . 
                              18. “Still / Not Yet” ………………………………………………………………………………… 45 
                              19. “That” ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 45 
                              20. Become / happen / befall ……………………………………………………………………46…  
                              21. Conditional ………………………………………………………………………………………..47   
                              22. Modal Expressions ………………………………………………………………………………48…  
                              23. Negations …………………………………………………………………………………………. 49 
                              24. Relative Clause………………………………………………………………………………….. 50 
                              25. The i-Daafa………………………………………………………………………………………….51   
                              26. Noun-adjective phrases………………………………………………………………………52   
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               1. THE ARABIC ALPHABET 
                
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                   خ         ح       ج         ث      ت       ب        ا 
                                                   
                                                   
                   ص       ش       س        ز       ر        ذ       د 
                                                   
                                                   
                    ق         ف        غ        ع      ظ       ط     ض 
                                                   
                                                   
                    ي          و      ـه        ن        م      ل       ك 
                
                
                
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