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List of Tables<br />

2.1 Dual: merely add two letters <strong>to</strong> achieve dual <strong>for</strong>m in <strong>Arabic</strong> . . . . . . . 10<br />

2.2 Grammatical gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

2.3 Feminine is different than masculine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

2.4 Feminine and masculine in <strong>Arabic</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

2.5 Definiteness in <strong>Arabic</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

2.6 Definiteness example in <strong>Arabic</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

2.7 Free word order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

2.8 Noun example in <strong>Arabic</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

2.9 Definite example in <strong>Arabic</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

2.10 Indefinite example in <strong>Arabic</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2.11 <strong>Arabic</strong> adjective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2.12 <strong>Arabic</strong> adverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2.13 Imperfect tense <br />

ālf֒l ālmd. ār֒ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

2.14 Perfect tense ālf֒l ālmād. y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

2.15 Imperfect inflectional <strong>for</strong>ms of word ‘write’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

2.16 Perfect inflectional <strong>for</strong>ms of word ‘wrote’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

2.17 Future tense in <strong>Arabic</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

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