INTRODUCTION

In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful

Praise be to Allah, Prayers and greetings to the best of Prophets and Messengers, Our Prophet Muhammad and all his family Members and Companions.

Arabic language is the language of the Holy Qur’an and the vehicle of great Islamic heritage and culture. It’s learning facilitates communication among nations. In this context, vocabulary plays the role of basic tool for expressing our thought. Therefore, mastering it in suitable contexts helps controll our thoughts and expressions. It is an important part in the process of com-position writing.

Many scholars have written books, dictionaries and short phrase books on the classical Arabic as well as colloquial Arabic.

Feim Xhafer Dragusha, the author of this important multilingual conversation book, introduces his book with various ways of expressions for our everyday social situations that help students, travelers and tourists to learn the most important vocabulary and expressions for everyday language.

Needless to say that the great effort which has been put in to produce this valuable work adds an important dimension to the existing efforts towards simplifying the learning of Arabic language. This book introduces valuable vocabulary and expressions in various contextual situations in Arabic and translates them into both Albanian and English.

This attempt could be considered a great determination from the author, especially when we come to know that he is still in his early stages of learning the Arabic language, which indicates his love for the language of the Holy Qur’an.

The book contains, among others, topics on personal pronouns, question articles, forms of greeting, going to the mosque, the barber, hospital, traveling, post office services, hotel booking, restaurants, days of the week, months, playing, clothes, visiting friends, sleeping, airport, and fruit and vegetables.

The understanding of the context of these topics will help learners of the Arabic language to master some aspects of conversation and vocabulary in suitable contexts.

We wish him guidance from Allah for works in the future for the service of Islam and Muslims.

DR. ABU EL-BASHAR ALI ADAM

Head of Arabic Language – Omer Ali Saifuddin College

Brunei Darussalam
2006