Download or read book Tunisian Arabic in 24 Lessons written by Mohamed Bacha and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tunisian Arabic in 24 Lessons is an enjoyable, easy-to-read self-instruction book destined to native speakers of English who want to learn Tunisian Arabic, or "derja" the dialect of Arabic as spoken in Tunisia. A linguistic/cultural guide to travelers to this beautiful North African country and those who need to communicate with Tunisians worldwide. Language Students and linguists will also find this book a valuable resource for their study and research, as it contains authentic linguistic data and original syntactic insights into Tunisian Arabic; Grammar similarities and differences are outlined and explained within a comparative approach that is accessible to specialist and non-specialist learners at the same time. In this book, the focus is on speech: this is why a combination Romanized Transliteration and phonetic transcription is used and the reader will not need to worry about or discouraged by the difficult Arabic script from the start! it is like learning Arabic through English! For learners who need it, an additional companion has been recently published: "201 Tunisian Arabic Verbs." It lists alphabetically the most common Tunisian verbs, with exemplary sentences and phrases drawn from the natural speech of Tunisia.