Course Information
Course Overview
Interact in Egyptian Arabic by learning key communicative expressions and phrases
Egyptian Arabic is a spoken language that is highly interactive, and the best way to master it is by actually interacting with people. This course aims to give you key expressions and phrases that you can use to immediately begin communicating. You will learn how to engage in simple, friendly conversations that signal respect for the person and the culture, and an eagerness to learn.
Start learning Egyptian Arabic by mastering the interactive, relational building blocks given in this course.
- Vocabulary that lets you greet people, say goodbye, engage in polite exchanges and ask key questions
- Information about when to use formal or informal variations, depending on who you're talking to
- Useful functional words and expressions that you'll need for your next steps, including numbers, pronouns, questions, and requests
Communicate from Day 1 to accelerate your learning of Egyptian Arabic
This course will focus on giving you initial tools that you can use to interact, right away. These are not randomly chosen vocabulary items. They are foundational words and expressions that will allow you to begin to interact in Egyptian Arabic. You will learn the initial Arabic you need to start connecting relationally with Egyptians.
The vocabulary that you will use, once you have completed the course, will immediately signal to the people with whom you are speaking that you appreciate and respect them, you enjoy their language and culture, and that you want to learn more. It will position you to take advantage of the friendliness and outgoingness of most Egyptians, as you interact with them in an open, friendly, interested way.
Course Content
- 7 section(s)
- 19 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Quick Start - Greetings
- Section 3 Foundations for Learning
- Section 4 First interactions - Goodbyes (completing our Quick Start section)
- Section 5 Engaging in small conversations
- Section 6 Expanding your interactions in Egyptian Arabic
- Section 7 Next Steps
What You’ll Learn
- Interact in Egyptian Arabic on an introductory level, using key expressions and words
- Speak and understand greetings, goodbyes, and polite exchanges such as “please”, “thank you”, etc.
- Build respect and rapport by choosing formal or informal words to address people, depending on the context
- Ask questions such as "who?", "what?", "when?", "where?", "why?", and "how?"
- Refer to people and things using correct pronouns (him, her, it, you, this, that, etc.)
- Count from one to one hundred in Egyptian Arabic
- Use helpful borrowed words (“cognates”) from other languages that are part of Egyptian Arabic
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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IIrene van den Oever
helder en duidelijk stap voor stap leren
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PPaola Mizia
spiegazioni chiare e molto utili
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LLinda Potter
The course was sequential and non threatening .
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JJohn R
The content was good and presented very well. The professor packed a lot of material in this short course.