'Arabi Liblib: Egyptian Colloquial Arabic for the Advanced Learner. 1: Adjectives and Descriptions

by Kamal Al Ekhnawy, Jamal Ali

Overview

While most courses in Egyptian Arabic teach the essentials of syntax, morphology, and vocabulary, this first in a series of three books takes the student a step beyond and focuses on colorful expressions used by native speakers. The learner will advance from knowing how to form a good sentence to being able to express his or her thoughts about the ups and downs of daily life using culturally appropriate phrases. This first volume, Adjectives and Descriptions, focuses on the many expressions used to describe people, their characteristics, their behaviors, and their attitudes. Each entry is given fully voweled followed by its feminine form and plural, and definitions (including connotation) and explanations are given in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. Organized as a reference work, the book can also be used as a textbook, as it contains a large number of exercises. Volume 2, forthcoming, will focus on proverbs and Volume 3, forthcoming, on idiomatic expressions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789774163999
Publisher:	American University in Cairo Press, The
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Series:	Arabi Liblib: Egyptian Colloquial Arabic for the Advanced Learner , #1
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Language:	Arabic

About the Author

Kamal Al Ekhnawy is an Arabic instructor at the Arabic Language Institute at the American Universityin Cairo. He has been teaching both Egyptian Colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic since 1989. Jamal Ali is a distinguished lecturer in Arabic at Hunter College in New York City. He is the author of Language and Heresy in Ismaili Thought and has taught both Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic at a number of American universities.

Editorial Reviews

If you plan to master colloquial Arabic or really understand slang in the Middle East, you should get this series.”—Donovan Nagel, The Mezzofanti Guild

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