Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs: Exercise Book will provide you with ample practice to achieve accuracy and fluency in verb conjugation. The exercises have been designed to guide you through the rules of conjugation step-by-step, starting with the very basics of ECA verbs. Absolute beginners will find the exercises challenging and engaging. More advanced learners will find the first parts of the book a good review or refresher and will, in the latter parts, be able to pinpoint weaknesses in their conjugation skills and knowledge. This exercise book is not meant to be a stand-alone course book.
The focus is the morphology (formation) of Arabic verb conjugation. It is meant to provide supplementary exercises to learners so that they can improve accuracy and fluency in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic’s seemingly complex system of verb conjugation. Learners will come to see that verb conjugation is actually quite straightforward and simple.
Note
This exercise book is meant to be used in conjunction with Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs: Conjugation Tables and Grammar
Why is this book exclusively in phonemic transcription?
Arabic script does not show word stress or sound changes (such as shortening of vowel sounds), which is important in Egyptian Arabic. To force the focus to remain on accurate pronunciation and learning about patterns of sound changes, all exercises are in phonemic transcription.
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Marvin –
As with the other ECA books by Matthew Aldrich…this one is a great resource for solidifying ECA verb vocab….and getting the hang of conjugating verbs…lots of practice and lots of fun.!! Looking forward to more Egyptian resources.
JK –
Great exercise book. The build, progression and repetition is structured very well. Learning verbs can be confusing, but this book takes you by the hand and walks you through the verbs. You will definitely improve in your understanding of how they work. Learning Arabic starting with verbs early on gives you an understanding the improves your confidence. This book helps you to achieve this goal. I appreciate that Matthew and his team humbly acknowledge that you wont be “fluent” after finishing this book, but they encourage what is needed to be fluent, practice. Not only that but they give you practical suggestions on how to do so.
The only reason for the 4/5, is more of a personal reason and may not apply to you. I found this book after learning the script. At this point in my language learning journey, I feel more comfortable learning with the Arabic script, but with directions in English. In other words, the transliteration is more of a distraction for me than a help(personal issue). I would have liked to see both provided(similar to the “Big Fat Verbs” book). But there are good reasons for having it in English. It removes the barrier of learning the script, making learning and the language more accessible.
If you are thinking about purchasing this or any other lingualism materials. Please do so, they are well worth it.
Steven –
If only there were exercise books like these in Levantine Colloquial Arabic (????????)
It will be so nice to see and purchase one day , who knows myabe that day will come