Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CD RECORDING -- Introduction -- ABBREVIATIONS AND OTHER SYMBOLS -- I. WRITING SYSTEM. THE ALPHABET -- II. VOWELS AND OTHER SIGNS -- III. PRONOUNS -- IV. THE VERB: SIMPLE PERFECT AND PARTICIPLE FORMS -- V. AND COMPOSITE TENSES -- VI. NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES. THE GENITIVE RELATIONSHIP -- VII. THE VERB: SIMPLE IMPERFECT AND IMPERATIVE. USES OF ܕ -- VIII. DERIVED STEMS OF THE VERB -- IX. OTHER IMPORTANT VERB FORMS (IMPERATIVES, PARTICIPLES, INFINITIVES, VERBS BEGINNING WITH s/š/ṣ/z ) -- X. PECULIARITIES IN VERBS CONTAINING GUTTURAL LETTERS -- XI. PECULIARITIES IN VERBS BEGINNING WITH ﺩ AND ٮ -- XII. PECULIARITIES IN VERBS WITH ONLY TWO ROOT CONSONANTS IN MANY FORMS -- XIII. OBJECT PRONOUNS ATTACHED TO VERBS. ADVERBS. OTHER DERIVED FORMS OF VERBS -- XIV. NUMERALS, DATES, DAYS ILLUSTRATIVE TEXTS -- VERB PARADIGMS -- TABLE OF SCRIPTS AND VOWEL SIGNS -- READINGS -- GLOSSARY