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Ahlan wa Sahlan
Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Second Edition
By Mahdi Alosh
Revised with Allen Clark

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*Audio and Video for Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners(the Textbook)*
Lesson 1	Lesson 2	Lesson 3
Lesson 4	Lesson 5	Lesson 6
Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9
Lesson 10	Lesson 11	Lesson 12
Lesson 13	Lesson 14	Lesson 15
Lesson 16	Lesson 17	Lesson 18
Lesson 19	Lesson 20	Lesson 21
Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24

Lesson 1

1 Objectives – page 3 (0:25)

2 Reading Passage – page 4 (0:42)

3 Definite Article – (2:10)

4 Describing Location Using Prepositions – page 4 (3:17)

5 Demonstratives: Gender Agreement – page 7 (2:22)

6 Contrasting Two Particles – page 8 (2:16)

7 Negating – page 11 (1:56)

8 Exercise 9 – page 16 (0:44)

9 Exercise 11 – page 18 (0:48)

10 Exercise 12 – page 19 (0:36)

11 Vocabulary – page 20 (3:07)

Lesson 2

1 Objectives – page 23 (0:50)

2 Reading Passage- page 23 (2:01)

3 Nisba Revisited – page 27 (2:26)

4 The Idafa Structure – page 28 (4:26)

5 Identifying Objects: Demonstratives – page 33 (2:37)

6 Demonstratives: There Is – (3:54)

7 Vocabulary Review – (1:20)

8 Exercise 12: Listen and Answer – page 36 (0:39)

9 Vocabulary – page 38 (3:38)

Lesson 3

1 Objectives – page 41 (0:26)

2 Dialogue – page 42 (0:50)

3 Question Words – page 43 (7:08)

4 Exercise 5 – page 47 (2:41)

5 Learning How to Say “I Know” and “I Don’t Know” – page 50 (0:28)

6 The Particle – page 52 (0:43)

7 The Question Particle – page 52 (1:01)

8 Exercise 15 – page 55 (0:46)

9 Exercise 16 – page 56 (0:32)

10 Verbs “to live” and “to know” – (9:35)

11 Thank You (0:28)12 Vocabulary – page 58 (6:00)

Lesson 4

1 Objectives – page 61 (0:22)

2 Reading Passage – page 61 (1:27)

3 Vocabulary Review – (0:57)

4 Forming Dual Nouns – page 64 (4:56)

5 Exercise 9 – page 71 (0:50)

6 To Study (3:55)

7 Vocabulary – page 73 (1:39)

Lesson 5

1 Objectives – page 75 (0:19)

2 Reading Passage – page 75 (2:34)

3 Vocabulary Review (2:15)

4 Review of Possessive (4:17)

5 Ordinal Numbers – page 83 (1:51)

6 Exercise 15 – page 88 (1:00)

7 Exercise 17 – page 90 (0:90)

8 Vocabulary – page 92 (4:02)

Lesson 6

1 Objectives – page 95 (0:16)

2 Reading Passage – page 95 (0:48)

3 Terms of Address – page 95 (3:01)

4 Expressing Regret or Apology – page 99 (0:29)

5 Expressing Lack of Knowledge I – page 100 (0:09)

6 Expressing Lack of Knowledge II – page 100 (0:40)

7 Expressing Degree – page 101 (0:07)

8 Present Tense Table – page 104 (2:57)

9 Exercise 12 – page 112 (1:45)

10 Vocabulary – page 114 (2:52)

Lesson 7

1 Objectives – page 117 (0:21)

2 Reading Passage – page 117 (1:51)

3 Inquiring about and Describing an Activity or Object – page 119 (0:11)

4 Making Polite Requests and Offers Using the Imperative – page 120 (0:03)

5 Doubly Transitive Verbs – page 123 (0:09)

6 Pronoun of the Attached Pronoun: hu vs. hi – page 123 (0:21)

7 Verb “I read” – (3:45)

8 Vocabulary Review – (4:08)

9 Imperative – (2:53)

10 Verb “to do” – (2:53)

11 Exercise 10 – page 132 (0:58)

12 Vocabulary – page 133 (2:30)

Lesson 8

1 Objectives – page 135 (0:16)

2 Dialogue – page 136 (0:26)

3 Food and Drink – page 138 (2:36)

4 Describing Daily Activities – page 139 (1:12)

5 Reading the Newspaper – page 140 (0:35)

6 Requesting and Declining Things Politely – page 136 (3:34)

7 Expressing Likes and Dislikes – page 137 (0:34)

8 Adverbials of Time – page 137 (2:22)

9 Exercise 14 – page 151 (0:44)

10 Vocabulary – page 153 (6:09)

Lesson 9

1 Objectives – page 157 (0:12)

2 Reading Passage – page 162 (4:33)

3 Review – (7:25)

4 Telling Time – page 157 (3:06)

5 Exercise 12 – page 173 (1:08)

6 Vocabulary – page 174 (3:39)

Lesson 10

1 Objectives – page 177 (0:15)

2 Reading Passage – page 178 (3:24)

3 Review – (4:53)

4 Verb “I have” – (1:28)

5 The Past Tense – page 185 (0:50)

6 Negating the Past Tense – page 187 (1:01)

7 Exercise 15 – page 196 (1:23)

8 Vocabulary – page 198 (4:48)

Lesson 11

1 Objectives – page 201 (0:21)

2 Opening Vocabulary – page 202 (1:02)

3 Reading Passage – Adnan – (0:22)

4 Reading Passage – Diary 1 – (0:34)

5 Reading Passage – Diary 2 – (1:22)

6 Reading Passage – Diary 3 – (0:54)

7 Reading Passage – Diary 4 – (0:16)

8 Reading Passage – Weekend – (0:19)

9 Describing Activities in the Past, Present, and Future – page 207 (1:53)

10 Verb “to go” – (1:35)

11 Verb “to arrive” – (2:13)

12 Verb “to stay” – (1:10)

13 Verb “to walk” – (1:01)

14 Verb “to sleep” – (1:08)

15 Verb “to live” – (0:19)

16 Future Time – (2:28)

17 Comparing and Contrasting Entities – page 212 (2:27)

18 The Months of the Year – (0:53)

19 Exercise 17 – page 222 (0:59)

20 Vocabulary – page 224 (9:30)

Lesson 12

1 Objectives – page 229 (0:13)

2 Reading Passage – page 231 (2:25)

3 Weather – Day 1 – page 232 (0:18)

4 Weather – Day 2 – page 232 (0:19)

5 Weather – Day 3 – page 232 (0:21)

6 Weather – Day 4 – page 232 (0:21)

7 The Four Seasons – (0:18)

8 Weather Words – (3:36)

9 Vocabulary Review – (1:11)

10 Partitive Nouns – page 236 (1:43)

11 Describing Weather – (2:03)

12 Exercise 10 – page 238 (1:32)

13 Vocabulary – page 240 (5:08)

Lesson 13

1 Objectives – page 243 (0:13)

2 Reading Passage – page 245 (6:42)

3 Tuesday, Oct 9 Diary – page 245 (3:39)

4 Wednesday, Oct 10 Diary- page 246 (3:16)

5 Partitive Nouns and Phrases – page 252 (1:46)

6 Verb “to get up” – (1:09)

7 Verb “to take a bath” – (0:52)

8 Verb “to wash” – (1:24)

9 Verb “to clean” – (1:32)

10 Verb “to prepare” – (1:34)

11 Verb “to watch” – (1:38)

12 Fava Beans – (2:05)

13 Verb “to speak” – (1:18)

14 Exercise 15 – page 257 (2:03)

15 Vocabulary – page 259 (7:32)

Lesson 14

1 Objectives – page 263 (0:15)

2 Reading Passage – page 265 (4:34)

3 Vocab Review – (2:30)

4 Verb “to visit” – (0:43)

5 Verb “to eat” – (1:20)

6 Weather – (1:24)

7 Comparatives – (3:19)

8 Excercise 13 – page 273 (1:41)

9 Vocabulary – page 276 (3:58)

Lesson 15

1 Objectives – page 279 (0:12)

2 Reading Passage – page 281 (6:45)

3 Festivities – page 282 (6:12)

4 Verb “to be born” – (0:56)

5 Exercise 16 – page 297 (2:16)

6 Vocabulary – page 299 (7:09)

Lesson 16

1 Objectives – page 303 (0:12)

2 Reading Passage – page 306 (8:18)

3 Verbs “to be” and “to become” – page 311 (6:23)

4 Verb “to be born” – (0:44)

5 Verb “to pass away” – (0:34)

6 Verb “to be exiled” – (0:35)

7 Verb “to be elected” – (0:46)

8 Exercise 14 – page 327 (1:01)

9 Vocabulary – page 329 (10:46)

Lesson 17

1 Objectives – page 333 (0:15)

2 Reading Passage – page 335 (9:59)

3 Building Sentences – (2:40)

4 Verb “to fast” – (1:17)

5 Verb “to arrive” – (1:00)

6 Verb “to have” – (1:20)

7 Exercise 17 – page 354 (1:35)

8 Vocabulary – page 357 (8:58)

Lesson 18

1 Objectives – page 361 (0:16)

2 Reading Passage – page 364 (6:01)

3 Expressing Intention – page 372 (1:47)

4 Adverbs and Prepostions of Place – page 378 (2:04)

5 Verb “to please” – (2:37)

6 Describing an apartment – (3:34)

7 Exercise 19 – page 382 (3:06)

8 Vocabulary- page 385 (10:58)

Lesson 19

1 Objectives – page 389 (0:19)

2 Diary 1 – page 392 (1:33)

3 Diary 2 – page 393 (2:12)

4 Michael Postcard – page 394 (0:47)

5 Diary 3 – page 394 (0:57)

6 Diary 4 – page 395 (1:06)

7 Diary 5 – page 395 (1:10)

8 Diary 6 – page 395 (1:44)

9 Diary 7 – page 396 (1:47)

10 Diary 8 – page 397 (1:33)

11 Adnan Postcard – page 397 (0:50)

12 Adnan Letter – page 398 (1:48)

13 Negating Past Tense – (3:33 )

14 Negating Future Time – page 405 (1:57 )

15 Relative Nouns – page 406 (3:49 )

16 Exercise 18 – page 416 (1:41 )

17 Vocabulary – page 418 (12:23 )

Lesson 20

1 Objectives – page 423 (0:17)

2 Reading Passage – page 425 (9:57)

3 Favorite – (2:08)

4 I Prefer – (2:00)

5 Frequency – (3:43)

6 Express Degree – (2:07)

7 Exercise 18 – page 440 (1:30)

8 Vocabulary – page 442 (9:08)

Lesson 21

1 Objectives – page 447 (0:17)

2 Reading Passage – page 451 (10:10)

3 Geographical Directions – page 464 (2:51)

4 Expressing Exception – page 466 (1:30)

5 Comparisons in Geography (2:27)

6 Exercise 17 – page 468 (1:02)

7 Vocabulary – page 470 (8:58)

Lesson 22

1 Objectives – page 475 (0:20)

2 Reading Passage – page 478 (10:44)

3 Expressing Obligation- page 487 (2:22)

4 Possibility – (2:55)

5 Relative Pronoun “what” – (1:47)

6 Review of Partative Nouns – (1:28)

7 Exercise 16 – page 494 (1:12)

8 Vocabulary – page 496 (5:08)

9 Song 1 – (2:07)

10 Song 2 – (1:58)

11 Song 3 – (2:12)

12 Song 4 – (2:32)

13 Song 5 – (2:03)

14 Song 6 – (2:14)

Lesson 23

1 Objectives – page 499 (0:13)

2 Reading Passage – page 501 (2:58)

3 Reading Passage – page 504 (5:10)

4 Professions – (1:19)

5 Past Tense Particle – (2:11)

6 Present Tense Particle – (1:19)

7 Exercise 14 – page 513 (1:15)

8 Vocabulary – page 515 (8:51)

Lesson 24

1 Objectives – page 519 (0:17)

2 Reading Passage – page 521 (5:27)

3 Yaser Letter – page 525 (2:39)

4 Terms of Address – page 528 (3:41)

5 Location – (2:07)

6 Expressing Reason – (2:40)

7 Exercise 15 – page 539 (1:14)

8 Vocabulary – page 541 (8:00)