{"id":22391,"date":"2025-08-27T15:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drissner.mediadia\/arabic-for-nerds-two\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:42:42","slug":"arabic-for-nerds-two","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drissner.media\/en\/arabic-for-nerds-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabic for Nerds two"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22391\" class=\"elementor elementor-22391 elementor-6090\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95d1e12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95d1e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7cd12 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e7cd12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArabic for Nerds two\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b70409a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b70409a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a547 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a547\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f0cea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57f0cea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>A grammar compendium &#8211; 450 questions about Arabic grammar <\/b>(450 questions about Arabic grammar)<\/p><ul><li>August 2018<\/li><li>Publisher: <a href=\"https:\/\/pochemuchka-books.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pochemuchka-books<\/a><\/li><li>828 pages<\/li><li>Language: English<\/li><li>ISBN-13: 978-3-9819848-0-4<\/li><li>ISBN-13 (Hardcover): 978-3-9819848-1-1<\/li><li>Available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/3981984803\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=arabfornerd-21&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=3981984803&amp;linkId=818d19cdcea1ad60e101a0e312c8c829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amazon<\/a> and almost all booksellers<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b580b9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b580b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732d944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"732d944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1229\" src=\"https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n2_P_9783981984804-768x1229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11320 not-transparent\" alt=\"Cover of &amp;apos;Arabic for Nerds 2&amp;apos; by Gerald Drissner, featuring Arabic script on a textured background with the title in bold black letters and the author&amp;apos;s name above it.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n2_P_9783981984804-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n2_P_9783981984804-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n2_P_9783981984804-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n2_P_9783981984804.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"c8ccc9\" style=\"--dominant-color: #c8ccc9\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ead389 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ead389\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a1c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"253a1c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"background-color: #af3543; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px;\">Summary<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fbbe98 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fbbe98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7779c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f7779c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-572ff0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"572ff0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do you know the following situation? Do you know every single word in an Arabic sentence and still have no idea what the sentence means? There is usually an explanation for this: they don&#8217;t <strong>understand the grammar<\/strong>.<br><br>ARABIC FOR NERDS gives Arabic learners all the <strong>tools<\/strong> they need to <strong>analyze<\/strong> an Arabic <strong>sentence correctly<\/strong> &#8211; regardless of whether the sentence comes from a children&#8217;s book or the Koran.<br><br>It is aimed specifically at <strong>advanced users<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d5b547 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d5b547\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d914dbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d914dbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"background-color: #af3543; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px;\">Comments on the book<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2e5b17 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e2e5b17\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-822ef49 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"822ef49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6c4f9e elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"e6c4f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThis book must be every serious (nerdy) Arabic student's dream. It is simply brilliant.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">The Arabic Pages<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29fcb0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29fcb0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-404ea34 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"404ea34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f452dc elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"3f452dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tGerald Dri\u00dfner has written a comprehensive compendium of annoying and problematic issues that have plagued non-native speakers, most likely since their first attempt to learn Arabic. The second volume is a heavy tome (both literally and figuratively) with 828 pages - and is really not for the faint-hearted.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Reginald Lee Hefner, Arabisch-Lehrer, University of Pennsylvania<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-627f70b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"627f70b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efe9dba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efe9dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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