Merhaban! I just started to learn Arabic, by listening to it (www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/), and I want to stick on that, but nevertheless I also want to delve further into it by reading (I think those two learning ways, besides writing, should be combined). Since I couldn't found an easy book in my central library and I noticed how much faster learning is with Chinese learning books (contrary to the internet), I'd like to ask you: Do you have some good recommendations up your sleeves?

It should contain:

– Basic phrases for communications

– Deconstruction of phrases (so that you don't just learn them by heart, but understand how the language works)

– advices for pronunciation (like phonetic script or audio CD)

… the most important part is that the book teaches well how to understand the language functioning, because I've made much bad experience with »learning« books from the library…

What I mean with deconstruction: If you translate a phrase verbatim and even seperate it into its very essential structures (syllables etc.) you might find regularities that help you to understand the language. And I also think that this is especially important for Arabic, because it is such a logical language (like Chinese, in my opinion).

Whether it's in German, English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Danish or Dutch is not important to me.

Thanks if you've read it up to here! :)