CIMA Modern Standard Arabic foundations (Institut du monde arabe) key terms

The main idea developed by a text, distinguished from a minor example or a broader claim not actually supported.

Evidence offered in support of a claim, whose relevance depends on the actual question and source context.

A title identifying a text’s central concern, which should be checked against the whole supplied passage rather than one detail.

The surrounding linguistic and situational context that helps determine a word’s meaning and the speaker’s actual intention.

A reason or cause identified in a statement, distinguished from a consequence, a condition or merely an accompanying event.

A result or consequence presented by a text, which must not automatically be treated as proof of one unique cause.

A condition attached to a statement or action, which a faithful answer preserves rather than silently removes.

An exception limiting a more general statement, whose presence can change which option accurately represents the passage.

An opinion or evaluative position, distinguished from a directly observed fact or an independently verified finding.

A concise representation of a source’s main meaning, retaining essential relationships and qualifications rather than merely repeating keywords.

A speaker whose words and perspective must be distinguished from another participant’s view or a quoted source.

A listener interpreting an utterance in context, with attention to the information requested and the speaker’s qualifications.

A dialogue involving interacting speakers, where acknowledgment, proposal, objection and agreement should be tracked separately.

An announcement communicating information to an audience, whose actual times, conditions and scope should be read precisely.

An appointment or scheduled time interpreted through the actual context, including whether it is proposed, changed or confirmed.

A confirmation establishing a stated arrangement or detail, distinguished from a request that someone provide confirmation later.

A proposal offered for consideration, which does not by itself establish acceptance or implementation by the other participant.

A possibility whose uncertainty should be preserved in a summary rather than strengthened into a certain outcome.

A clarification making meaning more precise, which may resolve a reference, a condition or a participant’s actual intent.

The tone or manner of an utterance, interpreted from available delivery or wording without inventing absent audio evidence.