{"id":22407,"date":"2025-08-27T15:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drissner.mediadia\/arabic-for-nerds-one\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T09:30:15","slug":"arabic-for-nerds-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drissner.media\/en\/arabic-for-nerds-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabic for Nerds one"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22407\" class=\"elementor elementor-22407 elementor-6085\" 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-90a85d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"90a85d5\" 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-804f3a2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"804f3a2\" 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>Arabic for Nerds one<\/p>\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-51cfc13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51cfc13\" 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-c9049e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c9049e3\" 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-513e213 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"513e213\" 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>FILL THE GAPS &#8211; 270 questions about Arabic grammar <\/b><\/p><ul><li>october 2015<\/li><li>Publisher: <a href=\"https:\/\/pochemuchka-books.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pochemuchka-books<\/a><\/li><li>568 pages<\/li><li>Language: English<\/li><li>ISBN-13: 978-3-9819848-7-3<\/li><li>ISBN-13 (Hardcover): 978-3-9819848-2-8<\/li><li>E-book, paperback and hardcover are available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/3981984870\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=arabfornerd-21&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=3981984870&amp;linkId=5cffd637f02a69a6a2efbad9ca416591\" 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-bfa9936 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bfa9936\" 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-4ceaec8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ceaec8\" 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\/a4n_1_p_9783981984873-768x1229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11316 not-transparent\" alt=\"A book cover with the title &amp;apos;Arabic for NERDS 1&amp;apos; by Gerald Drissner, on a background with Arabic characters and a blue color gradient.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n_1_p_9783981984873-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n_1_p_9783981984873-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n_1_p_9783981984873-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a4n_1_p_9783981984873.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"c3c9ce\" style=\"--dominant-color: #c3c9ce\" 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-91c5c98 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"91c5c98\" 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-dd15376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd15376\" 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-9ed42b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9ed42b1\" 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-1f133ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f133ee\" 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-f6babd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6babd8\" 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>Gerald Dri\u00dfner has been collecting interesting <strong>grammar problems<\/strong>, vocabulary, idioms, tips and traps for years &#8211; enough material for a whole book: Arabic for Nerds.<br><br>This book is intended to fill a<strong> gap<\/strong>. There are many Arabic books for beginners, but good <strong>material for advanced learners<\/strong> is rare. <br><br>Arabic for Nerds is aimed at readers who have been learning <strong>Arabic<\/strong> for <strong>at least two years<\/strong>. Readers should have a solid vocabulary (more than 3000 words) and know how to conjugate verbs and form the plural. <br><br>The book <strong>explains how Arabic works<\/strong> and gives tips on how to use and understand the language better.<\/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-f71ca75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f71ca75\" 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-f956b9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f956b9a\" 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-2c20649 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c20649\" 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-1ceb688 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ceb688\" 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-286f397 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"286f397\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote 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