Introduction to Arabic Morphology

This course will cover the main areas of Arabic morphology in a systematic and easy-to-follow manner. Students will cover the classifications of verbs with regards to time, tense, mood, and different forms. They will be provided with a basic knowledge of the varying grammatical morphology, and an overview of the historical development of the subject as an independent area.
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Level

Beginners

Duration

5 hours and 30 minutes in total

Number of Units

4

Course Overview

This course will cover the main areas of Arabic morphology in a systematic and easy-to-follow manner. Students will cover the classifications of verbs with regards to time, tense, mood, and different forms.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students should be able to:
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of the varying grammatical morphology.
  • Demonstrate basic understanding of the different scales of arabic verbs.
  • Differentiate and apply gender, number and form structures to verbs.
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of conditions for construction of verbs and nouns
  • Attain competency in the different forms of the verb
  • Attain competency in the different forms and classifications of nouns and sentences
  • Gain in-depth knowledge of additional implied and articulate meanings
  • Attain measurable improvement in reading, writing, speaking and comprehension skills

Course Content

  • Classifications of verbs with regard to time periods
  • Subjunctive, jussive and nominative cases of the imperfect verb tense
  • Introduction to the forms of trilateral verbs
  • Strong and weak verbs
  • Classification of verbs between weak-ending (mu’atil al-akhar) and correct-ending (sahib al-akhar) verbs
  • Constructive and classified (al-mabni and al-mu’arab) verbs
  • Classification of verb constructions and practice
  • The quadrilateral verb and its forms (voices, states, moods and numbers)
  • Verbs and state of tenses (perfect, imperfect indicative, future perfect, imperfect subjunctive and others)
  • The moods of the verb
  • The energetic and imperative verbs
  • Government of the verbs (accusative, adverbial, propositions)