ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Arabic learning resources</title> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" /> <meta name="description" content="Vocabulary lists and grammar lessons for standard and Egyptian Arabic." /> </head> <body> <div id="content"> <div id="head"> <span class="title">Arabic learning resources</span> <ul id="menu"> <li><a href="index.html">home</a></li> <li><a href="vocab.html">vocabulary</a></li> <li><a href="grammar.html">grammar</a></li> <li><a href="faq.html">faq</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">about</a></li> <li><a href="links.html">links</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="body"> <p>This site features resources to help you learn both standard Arabic and the Egyptian dialect.</p> <ul><li>The <a href="vocab.html">vocabulary lists</a> include standard Arabic, the Egyptian (Cairene) dialect, and transliterations. You'll also find pages devoted to colloquial idiomatic expressions, proverbs, and sayings.</li> <li>The <a href="grammar.html">grammar lessons</a> provide information on various topics such as pronouns, verb conjugations and tenses, and more, with examples to show usage. Most of the grammar information focuses on Egyptian Arabic, but some includes equivalent info for standard Arabic.</li> <li>The <a href="faq.html">FAQ page</a> provides general information on the Arabic language.</li> <li>The <a href="about.html">about page</a> contains information about the transliteration scheme I use and other notes about this site.</li> <li>The <a href="links.html">links</a> go to free websites with useful resources for Arabic language learning.</li></ul> <p>Looking for something in particular? Use the Google search box to search this website. Tip: if you're searching for a vocabulary word and can't find the word you're looking for, use the infinitive; ex. "to cooperate" instead of "cooperation."</p> <center> <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search"> <div style="border:1px solid black;padding:4px;width:20em;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <input type="text" name="q" size="25" maxlength="255" value="" /> <input type="submit" value="Google Search" /></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" style="font-size:75%"> <input type="checkbox" name="sitesearch" value="arabic.desert-sky.net" checked="checked" /> only search this website<br /> </td></tr></table> </div> </form> </center><br /> <p>Latest updates: <br />12/25/2011 - I updated the <a href="greetings.html">page of greetings and polite expressions</a> to add expressions of congratulation for an engagement, wedding, pregnancy, and birth of a baby, as well as condolences. <br />12/11/2011 - I updated the <a href="faq.html">FAQ</a> to fix all dead links and add a new question on movies dubbed in Arabic. <br />11/24/2011 - I updated the <a href="links.html">links page</a> to remove all dead links and add some new resources. <br />5/23/2011 - I expanded the <a href="animals.html">animals vocabulary list</a> with a section on sea animals. <br />9/24/2010 - I re-formatted all the conjugation tables in the grammar section in an effort to make them easier to understand. <br />7/4/2010 - I uploaded a page of <a href="coll_insult.html">Egyptian Arabic insults and swear words</a>. <br />6/23/2010 - I added a <a href="sports.html">new vocabulary list for sports and hobbies, including a bunch of soccer vocabulary</a>.</p> </div> <div id="footer"> <p><a href="mailto:webmaster%20(at)%20desert-sky%20(dot)%20net">Contact</a></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>