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Map of the Arabic Language
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4 Stages of Growth
in Arabic Studies Shariah Program - © 2003-2012
4 Stages of Growth
Start-Up
Initial Growth
Rapid Growth
Continuous Growth
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Start-up
Most people don’t go beyond this
Teachers think it’s beyond
students’ capacity
We’re confident our students can
progress beyond start-up
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Start-up
Small businesses must build their
reserves
In Arabic studies, we build:
• Motivation
• Key Vocabulary
• Understanding of the Big Picture
Mini-presentations
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Start-up
Focus on the 4%
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The problem with simple-to-
complex approach
Non-word meanings (istansaru)
Introducing the verb table in sarf
Introducing grammar through
mapping
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Topics Covered in
Start-up Phase
Three types of words in Arabic
Two types of sentences and the
issues associated with each one
Grammatical states
15 of 22 places
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Topics Covered in
Start-up Phase (cont’d)
استنصروا
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X
Meanings
1) Help
2) Notion of seeking
3) Past tense
4) Active voice
5) Masculine gender of subject
6) Plurality of subject
7) Third person aspect of subject
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Map of the Arabic Language
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لفظutterance
موضوع مهمل
مركب
meaningless meaningful
compound (كلمة) مفرد
single (word)
مفيد غير (جملة) مفيد beneficial (sentence) non-beneficial
Parts of Speech
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حرف فعل اسم
كلمةword
Parts of Speech 1) Noun
2) Pronoun
3) Adjective
4) Adverb
5) Verb
6) Preposition
7) Conjunction
8) Article
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اسم
فعل
حرف
Precise Definitions
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indicates on a meaning in itself
and is not linked to time
indicates on a meaning in itself
and is also linked to time
اسم
فعل
حرفindicates on a meaning in
something else
Classification of the حرف
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حرف
عامل غير عامل
particle
governing agent non-governing agent
What does it mean to
govern and not to govern?
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Grammatical States
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Analogy to emotional states
Three grammatical states of the اسم
he - رفع
him - نصب
his – جر
Example
Role of
singular male
in the sentence
Reflection
He came subject he
I saw him object him
His pen possessive his
Grammatical States
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Example Translation
Role of
in the البيت
sentence
Grammatical
state of البيت Reflection
البيت سقط The house
fell down subject رفع ة ضم
البيت دخلت I entered the
house object نصب
فتحة
البيت باب door of the
house possessive جر كسرة
What does it mean to
govern and not to govern?
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نصر ما
في البيت
Initial Growth
~ 6 months
read Qasas book
apply theory from reserves
teach and master sarf
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Initial Growth (cont’d)
fill gaps in understanding
• draw attention to anything that was
taught in the earlier 3 weeks
• add upon it only if it has broad
application
• restrict ourselves to the 5-20% that is
giving the broad application
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Initial Growth (cont’d)
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Next Stages
Rapid Growth
• Hidayatu Nahw
• Tafseer
Continuous Growth
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Next Video
Lack of “is”
Sequence not determining grammar
15 of 22 places
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