| Author(s) | Munira A. Al-Azraqi |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, College of Education, King Faisal University, Al-Hofuf, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | The Verb in Abha Arabic |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Arts. Volume 18, No 1. (2006/1426) |
| Abstract | This study investigates some morphological and phonological features of verbs in the Abha dialect, which is spoken in the southwest of Saudi Arabia. It clarifies the changes in verb vowels in the process of inflection in the perfect, imperfect and imperative aspects. It studies the patterns of the verbs from Forms I to X, with the exception of IX, provides semantic analysis where necessary and examines the passive verb in this dialect. This is a descriptive study that deals with everyday usage of the dialect |
