Modern Standard Arabic A2
Course code
HIL6572.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Araabia keel A2
Course title in English
Modern Standard Arabic A2
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The aim is to create possibilities to obtain following topics in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) in speech and in written form:
1. root and morpheme type; plural of adjectives, elative; kullun, ʾayyun, baʿḍun, ġayru, miṯlu, šibhu;
2. verbs: doubled verbs and IX basic form; jussive;
3. syntax: kāna and its "sisters"; compound tenses.
1. root and morpheme type; plural of adjectives, elative; kullun, ʾayyun, baʿḍun, ġayru, miṯlu, šibhu;
2. verbs: doubled verbs and IX basic form; jussive;
3. syntax: kāna and its "sisters"; compound tenses.
Brief description of the course
The following topics of MSA will be dealt with during the course:
1. root and morpheme type; plural of adjectives, elative; kullun, ʾayyun, baʿḍun, ġayru, miṯlu, šibhu;
2. verbs: doubled verbs and IX basic form; jussive;
3. syntax: kāna and its "sisters"; compound tenses.
The topics will be discussed through grammar exercises, reading texts and retelling them.
1. root and morpheme type; plural of adjectives, elative; kullun, ʾayyun, baʿḍun, ġayru, miṯlu, šibhu;
2. verbs: doubled verbs and IX basic form; jussive;
3. syntax: kāna and its "sisters"; compound tenses.
The topics will be discussed through grammar exercises, reading texts and retelling them.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of the grammar topics dealt with during the course;
- has skills to independently construct and understand sentences in MSA according to the grammar topics dealt with during the course;
- has ability to independently read and create texts containing the grammar topics dealt with during the course;
- has knowledge of the grammar topics dealt with during the course;
- has skills to independently construct and understand sentences in MSA according to the grammar topics dealt with during the course;
- has ability to independently read and create texts containing the grammar topics dealt with during the course;
Teacher
Alice Volkonski
Prerequisite course 1
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