Key Features
Key Features
The Big Fat Book of Egyptian Arabic Verbs is a practical verb reference for learners focused on real spoken Egyptian Arabic.
This eBook is designed to help advanced beginner and intermediate learners gain confident control over the most common verbs used in daily Egyptian speech. It presents conjugation patterns clearly, with careful attention to pronunciation, sound changes, and actual usage in context. All material is based on the Cairo dialect and avoids unnecessary grammatical jargon while remaining precise and systematic.
What’s inside
- 264 high-frequency Egyptian Arabic verbs.
- Full conjugation tables covering four tenses and the imperative.
- Affirmative and negative forms throughout.
- Active and passive participles plus verbal nouns.
- Voweled Arabic script with phonemic transcription.
- Example sentences illustrating real usage.
- Notes on pronunciation changes during inflection.
- Coverage of common pseudo-verbs used to express “have”.
- English to Arabic index for quick reference.
Who it’s for: Advanced beginner and intermediate learners of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic with some prior exposure to Arabic grammar.
Audio: Audio for the example sentences is available to download or stream below.
Use this eBook as a reference you can return to regularly as your command of Egyptian Arabic verbs grows.
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Detailed Overview
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Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews
Dieses Buch ist wirklich toll, Ich schließe mich den vorherigen Resesionen an;
Ich würde mir ein Audio wünschen, welches die Verben konjungiert. Also so wie im Buch aufgeführt.
Die könnte ich mir dann, in einer Zeit, wo ich nicht aktiv lernen, anhören. Somit würde ich beim Putzen meiner Wohnung Vokabeln lernen. Also passiv
Vielleicht kommt das noch. Und alle die das Buch gekauft haben, bekommen immer die entsprechenden Update
The best out there. When it comes to learning Any Arabic there are plentiful materials for MSA, on the other hand, most dialects are not rigorously studied by foreigners therefore there are not many resources for studying specific dialects, that's where Matthew and the lingualism crew come into action. I have been researching and looking for good material to study Egyptian Colloquial Arabic and have never come across such a broad variety of material dedicated to ONE Arab dialect, not to mention the other dialects with available content as well.
As for this book, it's simply amazingly put together, very user friendly approach especially once you cover the "basis" for learning the pattern of conjugating the verbs. In my personal opinion I recommend getting the book (Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs) first as it goes further into the actual "how-to" of conjugating verbs and it helps you grasp the concept well, and I recommend this big boy for more content and practice :)
This is an amazing resource, and it will be very useful on my journey. However, there is something that bothers me a lot, and I am surprised that no one has pointed it out yet. I own the electronic copy, and each page in the PDF contains two pages of the book. So it would make total sense if each verb and the respective examples shared one PDF page. But no, there is a shift so you see the examples for verb 166 on the left half of your screen and the conjugation of verb 167 on the right half. I think this could be fixed, e.g. by inserting one empty page, so that tables and examples align well. If this is possible, it would be great if the book were offered for download to those who have purchased it.
The new audio is far better: clearer and slower. There are "normal" voices not like "cartoon" voices like before.
The new audio is really learner-friendly. I think the male narrator is Ahmad Elkhodary with his relaxed and smooth voice. The lady voice is faster, but manageable. So, thank you for the improved audio. To make the audio complete, you may consider providing narration for all the verb forms exactly as with the audio for the book Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs. Since I have Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Verbs book, too, with the examples I can reproduce all verb forms with no major issues. Thank You for Your great work.
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