Hi, I recently went to pick up a phrasebook for my trip to
Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. The Barrons phrasebook and
tapes looked good but said that it was Egyptian Arabic but
that it would be understood in other arabic countries.
do I need different phrasebooks for the different countries?
are there any guides which include regional dialect
pronounciations?
Help !
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Egyptian Arabic is understood by many, because Egyptian
films and TV are very popular in the Arab world. You might
have a bit more problem understanding the "dialects" of
others - especially that the hard G sound in Egyptian is
usually a soft J sound in other dialects. Still, this is
something you will catch onto as you go. Would be a shame to
burden yourself with a book for each country, really.
Yes, if you speak bad arabic, Egyptian or Syrian is the
same.
Anyway, they will be very happy to ear you speaking some
words of their language, and will help you in english.
Some times, their english = your arabic ...
The difference is that the egyptian will ask for a
backshish,
the syrian will not, the jordan : i do not know.
I have found a good Arabic phrase book, that will help you
with Syrian,/Jordanian dialects,
The Egyptian Dialect will usualy be understood, in Syria.
Agood book is the "Language/30 Speak Arabic Now"
i have been told its one of the best books,
and it will help you in Egypt too,
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I admire your desire to communicate with the local people
in your upcoming trip but I wonder about the practicallity
of even buying a book unless your trip is an extensive
one. The "basic" Arabic shown in travel guidebooks should
be quite enough (as many will understand basic English or
French) Egyptian Arabic ('amayea) is most widly understood
dialect throughout the Arab World(The Jordanian and Syrian
dialects aren't well understood in many circumstances in
Egypt.)
You need just Arabic to talk to people, Standard Arabic
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