Instant Arabic
How to Express 1,000 Different Ideas
With Just 100 Key Words and Phrases
by Fethi Mansouri & Yousef Alreemawi
TUTTLE Publishing
Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 2007 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.
LCC Card Number: 2007921611
ISBN: 978-1-4629-1363-3 (ebook)
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The Tuttle Story:
“Books to Span the East and West”
Most people are surprised to learn that the world’s largest publisher of books on Asia had its humble beginnings in the tiny American state of Vermont. The company’s founder, Charles E. Tuttle, belonged to a New England family steeped in publishing. And his first love was naturally books—especially old and rare editions.
Immediately after WW II, serving in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur, Tuttle was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry. He later founded the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world’s leading independent publishers.
Though a westerner, Tuttle was hugely instrumental in bringing a knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art—a legacy honored by the Japanese emperor with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure,” the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese.
With a backlist of 1,500 titles, Tuttle Publishing is more active today than at any time in its past—inspired by Charles Tuttle’s core mission to publish fine books to span the East and West and provide a greater understanding of each.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1
1 Hello
2 Thanks
3 Sorry
4 Please
5 Yes
6 No
7 Negation
8 I
9 My
10 You
11 He / She
12 We / They
13 Name
14 Speak / Say
15 Understand
16 Write
17 Read
18 Walk
19 Go
20 Come
21 Want
22 Need
23 Eat
24 Drink
25 Like / Don’t like
26 I can / I can’t
