Pimsleur Arabic
 

Greetings in Arabic

Examples of a daily greeting in the different Arabic dialects:

This is the masculine form:

English:

  • Good morning!
  • How are you?
  • Good and you?

Costal Arabic / Easter Arabic

  • Sabah l-kheer!
  • Kiifak?
  • Minh wa inta?

Iraqi Arabic

  • Sbaah Ihkeer!
  • Shloonak?
  • Zein wa 'nta?

Egyptian Arabic

  • Sabaah il-kheer!
  • Issayak?
  • Kwayyis wa ta?

Standard Arabic

  • Sabaah Il-kheer!
  • Kif haluka?
  • Zayed wa anta?

Emirati Arabic / Gulf Arabic

  • Sbaah Ilkheer!
  • Shoonak?
  • Zean wa enta?

 

As you can see, tere are subtle and quite remarkable differences between the different Arabic dialects. 

Customer testimonials about EGYPTIAN ARABIC Pimsleur audios:

I haven't taken a lot of time thus far, but even so this method seems to be working better than Rosettastone. I am quite pleased. -- Darlene Torzon, Hidden Meadows, CA

Because of the difficulties of Arabic, I am unsure how this method would work with complete beginners. People do need to conjugate verbs in some order or they get lost, and to map material learned orally into written Arabic would be trickly. But for someone who knows arabic and needs to learn egyptian, this is neat. All the content is in audio, so one can listen to it in the car or on the bike. The Pimsleur method of systematically bringing up reviews of vocabulary seems to help with memory consolidation. -- H. Abadzi, Alexandria, VA USA

 

What satisfied customers say about the EASTERN ARABIC Pimsleur audios:

My wife is Syrian from Damascus, and I found these tapes much more useful than the class I took from an Egyptian teacher. The spoken dialects are very different. Now my wife's family is actually understanding the things I say, it's worth every penny.  -- J. Spencer

I have no problem with the Pimsleur method of learning. They do an exceptional job teaching you how to speak a language. I wanted to learn Syrian Arabic and these recordings were invaluable. -- M.Tallgrass, Washington DC