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Michel Thomas – Advanced ArabicLearn another language the way you learnt your ownYou learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Arabic in the same way.You’ll stick with it because you’ll love it Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Arabic in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself. You learn through listening and speaking – without the pressure of writing or memorising. You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.The NEW Arabic Advanced CourseA five-hour, 100% audio method for taking your Arabic to an advanced   Learn another language the way you learnt your own   Effective method – the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works with the brain   Motivating – live classroom situation with two students encourages you to learn with the students on the recording   All-audio – the way you want to learn   Pronunciation is gently – but effectively – corrected   Reference booklet – accompanying booklet lists key phrases in English and Arabic (transliterated script)   Suite of progressive and complementary course components: Introductory, Foundation, Advanced, and Vocabulary   Sales record – the hugely successful Michel Thomas Method is applied to Arabic.Table of Contents:Review of Foundation“they” verbPlural with mumkin/laazim/cawzeen + “they” verb“solid” roots: “write” k/t/b; “drink” sh/r/b; “understand” f/h/m“hollow” verbs: “go” r/vowel/H; “see/look” sh/vowel/f“a little” = shwayya. Becomes shwayyit in front of nouns“come” gee; tigee = male and female “you come”“go/come and …”. Put verbs directly together in Arabic.more about cand “have/has”talking and asking about age: canduh kaam sana: “How old is he?”; canduh sitt sineen: “He’s six years old”talking about routine (b- + present verb)every = kull(i): every day/every yeartransport using bil (“by the”)often/sometimes/always“he likes” = yiHibb. H/b/b = example of root with same second and third root letter. “to like” + second verbfuture (Ha- + present verb)groups of objects: use feminine (Samira) descriptive wordspast tense – general; enta, enti/entu, enapast tense: hollow verbs“to visit”: past and presentpast tense – iHna, huwwa, heyya, hummapast “he”/ “she”/ “they” for hollow verbsezzay “how” with tags: ezzayak? “how are you?”ezzay “how” in other questionskaan “was/were”Can use with other phrases to put into past: kaan feeh/kaan canduh “there was, were/he had”“she was/they were”“I/you/we were”: filling changes to short sound in past for hollow verbnegative with mishnegative with ma…sh“don’t have/doesn’t have”b-verbs and past with ma…shtags with verbs: same except tag for ena changes from –ee to -nee“of”/”’s”: don’t need “of” or “s” plus apostrophe in possessive constructions: ibn aHmed “son (of) Ahmed”combining concepts: “was/were” + “-ing” verbs for “used to”combining concepts: “was/were” + bi-/H- for “would have/was going to”About the Author(s):Jane Wightwick is an experienced teacher of Arabic and author and publisher of Arabic-teaching materials. Mahmoud Gaafar worked for the United Nations and Radio Cairo and now authors print, radio and TV resources for the Arab world.http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Title/9780340957295/Michel_…