Tactical Iraqi Arabic for Marine Expeditionary Forces  features:

    * further accurized Iraqi dialect spoken by native Iraqi speakers.
    * expanded dialogues
    * supplementary vocabulary
    * basic grammatical notes
    * function-focused language cards in text and audio.

Purpose

The central purpose of this language tool is to assist Marines to understand the basics of what is being said to them and to convey meaning in the Arabic words and phrases they will know.  It is designed with the realization that often one need only understand 60% of what a foreign language speaker is saying in order to grasp his main intent.

Further some of what is presented here is in grammatical terms technically not entirely correct.  This has been a conscious choice in order to favor the quick efficient easy-to-pronounce method that is still comprehensible to a native Arabic speaker.

Uses of Tactical Iraqi Arabic

As Audio Program Only 

Start with the audio for language cards focusing on specific operational situations. (It is highly recommended that you use the text for the language cards as well.)  For lessons start with Dialogue 1.  Each dialogue reflects current operating conditions in Iraq.

   1. You will hear the dialogue at about 70% of normal speed.
   2. Each sentence will be read separately with translation. Additionally significant points of vocabulary will be repeated word by word.
   3. The vocabulary for the entire dialogue will be repeated reinforcing exposure.
   4. The dialogue as a whole will be read again at 80-85% of normal speed.  That will be the end of the lesson.

II. As Audio and Text Program

All written read-along material can be found here in PDF: you can download and print it.  Dialogues for lessons 1-18 (of a total of 21) are color-coded to indicate speaker in dialogue though black-and-white printers will suffice. When using the texts be aware that we have spelled words in a way specifically intended so that an American-accented English speaker will pronounce them according to American English habits.  The result will be Arabic pronunciation approximating Iraqi dialect.  Read the text as written and not attempt to simulate or fabricate a Middle Eastern accent.  However note the following special characters:

    * the capital H represents the j sound as in Baja California;
    * the kh represents the ch sound as in achtung;
    * the ( represents the (ayin as in (Abdullah;
    * the capital G represents the gh sound

Steps for Using Tactical Iraqi Arabic as Audio and Text Program

   1. Read through the vocabulary terms before listening to the dialogue.
   2. After listening to an entire lesson you and a partner go through the dialogue in A-B exchanges
   3. Then work to develop small variations on the exchanges in the dialogues. This will assist you to memorize certain phrases and their response for rapid  ability to communicate intent to Iraqis while in country.
   4. Subsequent to initial study review of vocab and phrases.
   5. Listen to dialogues and create short dialogues with your buddies.

These steps will prepare you to rapidly initiate communication and respond to Iraqi phrases even if you only understand part of what you hear.

HERE IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS SET

IRAQI language cards
 
patrol card 1   commander's card 3
patrol card 2   S1 shop card
House Search   S2 intel card 1
ISF Operational 1   S2 intel card 2
ISF Operational 2   S3 operations card
ISF Range   S4 logistics card 1
ISF basic weapons   S4 logistics card 2
ISF Weapons Command  S6 communications
ISF Weapons components  medical service card 1
commander's card 1  medical service card 2
commander's card 2  tcp card
 
 "Tactical Iraqi Arabic" program
 
lesson 1: Is this place your house?
lesson 2: Where is the bridge?
lesson 3:  I have to go to fort?
lesson 4: How do I go to the police?
lesson 5: Where is your father?
lesson 6: Hello Sgt Mohammad?
lesson 7: Who is in charge here?
lesson 8: There is a problem with security?
lesson 9: Stop please
lesson 10: get out of the car? 
lesson 11: who'd you see at the checkpoint?
lesson 12: are you originally from here?
lesson 13: Who's at the door?
lesson 14: What are you seeing in this area?
lesson 15: Brush off?
lesson 16: why have you come?
lesson 17: what's that crowd a protest?
lesson 18: medical terms
lesson 19: verb supplement
lesson 20: Grammar supplement
 
MSA Language Sustainment Passages
 
Arabic Sustainment 1 in Arabic
Arabic Sustainment 1 in English
Arabic Sustainment 2 in Arabic
Arabic Sustainment 2 in English Translation
Arabic Language Capability Sustainment 3 Combined
Arabic Sustainment 4a DLI Arabic Iraqi Basic
 
Iraqi Basic
 
Kurdish (Sorani)
   
lesson 1: Is this your house?
medical terms
lesson 2: How do I get to the bridge?
grammar supplements
prepositionspossessivesnumbers and colors
lesson 3: I have to go to fort?
verb supplement 
lesson 4: How do I go to the police?
additional useful terms and phrases
lesson 5: where is your father?

KURDISH LANGUAGE CARDS

general/patrol card 1 
patrol card 2 
house search card 1
isf opcard 1
isf opcard 2
isf range card
tcp card

language card supplement

+ MORE!!!