The Routledge Introduction to Qur’ānic Arabic

333 Pages·2012·25.33 MB·English

by  Munther Younes

The Routledge Introduction to Qur’ānic Arabic

The Routledge Introduction to Qur’ānic Arabic is an innovative, text-based,
language course designed for students interested in acquiring a foundation in
Qur’ānic and Classical Arabic.
Focused on enhancing comprehension and vocabulary acquisition, the book
contains 40 lessons designed to be covered in about 40 hours of classroom
instruction. Starting with the shorter sūras of the Qur’ān, such as al-fātiḥa and
those of the Juz’ ‘Amma, it utilizes their recurring vocabulary and grammatical
structures to build a stable linguistic foundation for learners before moving on to
more challenging and longer sūras such as Yāsīn, Maryam and Yūsuf.
Although the book is primarily designed for classroom use, the vocabulary and
structures of the short sūras, the accompanying audio recordings, and the
activities found throughout the book will also be helpful for independent learners.
The only prerequisite is knowledge of the Arabic writing system.
The audio material, which is available on the Routledge website at
www.routledge.com/9780415508940, helps learners improve their pronunciation
of individual sounds and develop their skills to syllabify Arabic words and
phrases correctly in order to approximate that of native speakers.
Written by an experienced teacher, The Routledge Introduction to Qur’ānic
Arabic is an essential guide for instructors, students and anyone interested in
developing their knowledge of Qur’ānic Arabic.
Munther Younes is Reis Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language and Linguistics and
Director of the Arabic Program at Cornell University, USA.
The Routledge Introduction to Qur’ānic Arabic
Munther Younes
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Introduction
Acknowledgements

Lesson 1
Text: Chapters 1, 114, 113, and 112
Grammar: The definite article and the sun and moon letters
Lesson 2
Text: Chapters 111, 110, 109, 108, and 107
Grammar: The plural of nouns and adjectives; subject-person markers on the
perfect verb
Additional activities: Word study (two different pronunciations of the word
)
Lesson 3
Text: Chapters 106, 105, 104, 103, and 102
Grammar: Subject-person markers on the imperfect verb; emphasizing
meaning; pronominal suffixes attached to verbs, nouns, and particles;
expressing future time;
Additional activities: Translating words with pronominal suffixes
Lesson 4
Text: Chapters 101, 100, and 99
Grammar: The different functions of the pronunciation of and the
passive voice; more on subject markers on the perfect verb
Additional activities: Word analysis (separating the word stem from suffixes)
Lesson 5
Text: Chapters 98 and 97
Grammar: More on subject markers; more on the passive voice; negation; brief
introduction to the number system; cases; moods; verb-subject disagreement
Additional activities: Word analysis (stems and affixes)
Lesson 6
Text: Chapters 96, 95, and 94
Grammar: The imperative; other uses of and
Additional activities: Word analysis (stems and affixes)
Lesson 7
Text: Chapters 93 and 92
Grammar: subject markers revisited; possessive/object
pronouns;
Additional activities: Word analysis, opposites, translating words with subject
markers and object/possessive pronouns
Lesson 8
Text: Chapters 91 and 90
Grammar:
Additional activities: The definite article and the sun and moon letters; word
analysis; opposites
Lesson 9
Text: Chapter 89
Notes on structure: Shortening of words to preserve a rhyming scheme; the use
of and to introduce questions that require yes/no answers; and
Additional activities: Word analysis
Lesson 10
Text: Chapters 88 and 87
Grammar: Roots and patterns; the skeleton; root types
Additional activities: Roots and families; active and passive participles;
identifying different root types
Lesson 11
Text: Chapters 86 and 85
Grammar: Active participles; roots and patterns
Additional activities: Opposites; roots and families
Lesson 12
Text: Chapter 84
Additional activities: Roots and stems
Lesson 13
Text: Chapter 83
Grammar: Roots, stems, and patterns; forms of the verb
Additional activities: Translation, roots and stems, and verb form identification
Lesson 14
Text: Chapters 82 and 81
Grammar: The quadriliteral verb; more on the passive voice
Additional activities: Verb forms; noun patterns; roots and families
Lesson 15
Text: Chapter 80
Grammar: Adjectives of the pattern
Additional activities: Word study (roots, stems, verb forms, families of related
words)
Lesson 16
Text: Chapter 79
Grammar: Verb Form III
Additional activities: Word study (roots, stems, affixes, patterns, families of
words)
Lesson 17
Text: Chapter 78
Additional activities: Word study (nouns and adjectives, roots, stems, and
patterns), frequency of verb forms, families of related words; opposites
Lesson 18
Text: Chapter 36 (Verses 1–19)
Additional activities: Word study (roots, stems, and patterns)
Lesson 19
Text: Chapter 36 (Verses 20–35)
Grammar: Initial weak (assimilated) roots in Form VIII
Additional activities: Word study (translation, roots, stems, patterns, and
families of related words)
Lesson 20
Text: Chapter 36 (Verses 36–50)
Grammar: Active and passive participles
Additional activities: Word study (translation, roots, stems, patterns, and active
and passive participles)
Lesson 21
Text: Chapter 36 (Verses 51–68)
Additional activities: Word study (translation, roots, stems, and patterns)
Lesson 22
Text: Chapter 36 (Verses 69–83)
Additional activities: Nouns, participles, verbs, roots and families
Lesson 23
Text: Chapter 19 (Verses 1–15)
Additional activities: Verb identification; moods of the imperfect verb
Lesson 24
Text: Chapter 19 (Verses 16–28)
Additional activities: Verb identification; moods of the imperfect verb; the
imperative
Lesson 25
Text: Chapter 19 (Verses 29–42)
Additional activities: verb forms; the pattern moods of the verb; the case
system
Lesson 26
Text: Chapter 19 (Verses 43–55)
Additional activities: Verb forms; moods; roots and families
Lesson 27
Text: Chapter 19 (Verses 56–67)
Additional activities: Verb forms; the pattern of and noun types
Lesson 28
Text: Chapter 19 (Verses 68–80)
Additional activities: Roots; verb forms; cases
Lesson 29
Text: Chapter 19 (Verses 81–98)
Additional activities: Verb forms; noun patterns; roots and families
Lesson 30
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 1–12)
Grammar: Form II verbal nouns
Additional activities: Form II verbal nouns; roots, stems, and meanings or
grammatical functions of noun patterns; verb tenses, moods, roots, and
stems; cases
Lesson 31
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 13–23)
Additional activities: Cases, roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; tenses, moods,
roots, and stems of verbs; the verbs and opposites
Lesson 32
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 24–32)
Additional activities: Cases, roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; tenses, moods,
roots, and stems of verbs; source verbs of participles; roots and families
Lesson 33
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 33–40)
Grammar: Final look at person markers and possessive/object pronouns
Additional activities: Roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; meanings and
grammatical functions of noun patterns; roots, stems, and forms of verbs
Lesson 34
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 41–50)
Grammar: The construct
Additional activities: Roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; roots, stems, and
forms of verbs
Lesson 35
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 51–62)
Additional activities: Roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; roots, stems, and
forms of verbs
Lesson 36
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 63–70)
Additional activities: Roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; roots, stems, and
forms of verbs; cases; roots and families
Lesson 37
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 71–80)
Grammar: The construct and other types of phrases
Additional activities: Roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; roots, stems, and
forms of verbs, construct and other types of phrases
Lesson 38
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 81–90)
Grammar: Verb Form IX and verb form summary
Additional activities: Roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; roots, stems, and
forms of verbs
Lesson 39
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 91–101)
Grammar: The construct and possession
Additional activities: Roots, stems, and patterns of nouns; parts of speech;
roots, stems, and forms of verbs
Lesson 40
Text: Chapter 12 (Verses 102–111)
Additional activities: Verbal nouns; parts of speech; roots and families;
opposites

Appendix I: Grammar notes
Arabic–English glossary
Subject index