How can we study Arabic Grammar

Arabic grammar is centered around a single topic i.e. "Grammatical Inflection". 

Anything, what we studied in the language is studied only because it relates to this issue. It is a feat of staggering genius on the part of medieval grammarians that almost all aspects of the language are covered just by concentrating on the issue of "Grammatical Inflection".

The following is a breakdown of how we approach and study Arabic Grammar.

1. SOME BASICS:

A. WORDS – A look at the different types of words in the language and how they’re divided and categorized.

B. PHRASES – A close look at some of the more common phrasal structures, serving to introduce some key concepts and terminology.

C. SENTENCES – A look at the different types of sentences as preparation for more advanced topics.

2. GRAMMATICAL INFLECTION – The study of what grammatical inflection is, how it works, and the different grammatical states.

3. INFLECTION – A deep look at those words in the language that inflect and those that do not.

4. REFLECTION AND DIPTOTES – The study of how grammatical states are represented on different types of words that do inflect.

5. THE GRAMMATICAL STATES: The study of each grammatical state and when it is used:

a. Nominal Sentences – This topic covers about 30% of the grammatical states.

b. Verbal Sentences and Adverbs – This topic covers about 20% of the grammatical states.

c. Other Verbal Associates (circumstantial adverb, exclusion, disambiguation) – This topic covers about 10% of the grammatical states.

d. The Genitive States – This topic covers about 5% of the grammatical states.

e. Grammatical States of Verbs – This topic covers about 30% of the grammatical states.

f. Grammatical Extension – This topic concludes the discussion on grammatical states.

6. SIDE TOPICS AND ADVANCED TOPICS:

a. Definiteness

b. Gender

c. Plurality

d. Numbers

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Parts of Sentence

Verb Formation

Four Types of Verbs

Imp Verbs Formation

Forms of Verbs

Types of Words

Verbs Active Present

Verbs

Types of Words in Arabic

The Qur'an

is a significant religious text written in Qur'anic Arabic, and is followed by believers of the Islamic faith.

The Qur'an contains 6,236 numbered verses (ayāt) and is divided into 114 chapters.

An example verse from the Qur'an:

(21:30) Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

Arabic Alphabet - Introduction

Arabic is read from right to left. Its alphabet consists of 29 letters, most of which are consonants, that are appended together in order to form strings of letters. For example, below we take three of the 29 letters and string them together.

جلس	=	س	+	ل	+	ج
JLS	=	S	+	L	+	J

 But strings of consonants cannot be pronounced; try pronouncing “jls”.  What we need is vowels in order to make syllables. In Arabic, vowels are not letters; they are ticks atop or beneath a letter. We have three short vowels in the language: A, I, and U. If we assign each letter in the above string of letters the A vowel, it becomes a word and we can pronounce it:

جَلَسَ	=	سَ	+	لَ	+	جَ
JALASA	=	SA	+	LA	+	JA

 Although letters in Arabic are neither capital nor small, they do have different forms based on how they’re appended to the rest of a word.

·          all the letters: their order, their names, pronunciation

·          all the vowels: short vowels, long vowels, doubled vowels, absence of vowel

·          how to join letters to form words

·          reading and writing practices