This site features resources to help you learn both standard Arabic and the Egyptian dialect.

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Latest updates:
4/6/2012 - I added some vocabulary words such as "society," "culture," etc. to the end of the mankind/kinship vocabulary list.
3/28/2012 - I added a new page of colloquial Egyptian expressions and idioms, with at least one authentic example of usage for each.
3/24/2012 - On the verb conjugations page, I corrected errors in the conjugation of نسى, added an explanation of different types of defective verbs, and added conjugations of two additional defective verbs (جرى and رجا).
3/17/2012 - I updated and reformatted the section of the FAQ dealing with Arabic textbooks for self-learners.
3/10/2012 - I added a new question to the FAQ ("Are standard and colloquial Arabic like completely different languages?") and added a number of authentic examples of usage to the first page of colloquial idioms. I'm working on adding more.