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1、EgyptianArabicphrasebook1EgyptianArabicphrasebookEgyptianArabic(`àràbimàSriﻋﺮﺑﻰﻣﺼﺮﻯ)isthemodernEgyptianvernacularandthemostwidelyspokenandunderstoodcolloquialvarietyofArabic.Itisspokenbymorethan90millionpeople,mainlyinEgypt.Itisusedineverydayspeech,comics,
2、advertising,songlyrics,teenmagazines,plays,andTVshows,butrarelyinnovels,newspapers,andneverinnewsreporting,whichuseModernStandardArabicinstead.ThephrasebookisbasedonthemetropolitanEgyptianArabicbasedonthepronunciationofurbanEgyptiansinCairo.PronunciationAr
3、abicalphabetingeneraldifferinshapeslightly,dependingontheirpositioninwords.Vowels(Hàràkâtﺣﺮﻛﺎﺕ)EgyptianArabichasmorevowelsthanthethreeofClassicalArabic,anditdifferentiatesbetweenshortandlongvowels.Longvowelsareshowninthisphrasebookwithamacronoracircumflexa
4、bovethevowel.Thestressfallsonthesyllablewithalongvoweland/orthenext-to-lastsyllable.Stressisn'tmarkedinwordswithoutalongvowelforsimplification.Wordscan'thavemorethanonelongvowel.Longvowelscan'toccurbeforetwoconsonants.MainEgyptianvowelsArabicVowel-letters:
5、•alef;ﺍ:[æ,ɑ]("a"asincatorfather)•wâw;ﻭ:[o,u]•ye;ﻱ:[e,i]Theymayactassemi-vowels:•wâw;ﻭ:[w]•ye;ﻱ:[j]("y"asintheEnglishwordyes)alikeābutshorter.(IPA:[æ])āﺍ(alef)asin"hand"(long).(IPA:[æː])àlikeâbutshorter.(IPA:[ɑ])âﺍ(alef)asin"bar".(IPA:[ɑː])oasin"more".(IPA
6、:[o])ōﻭ(wâw)similarto"float".(IPA:[oː])ūﻭ(wâw)asin"shoe"(long).(IPA:[uː])EgyptianArabicphrasebook2esimilarto"fate"(short).(IPA:[e])ēﻱ(ye)similarto"fate"(long).(IPA:[eː])īﻱ(ye)asin"sheet"(long).(IPA:[iː])ConsonantsMostArabicconsonants(Sàwâ’etﺻﻮﺍﺋﺖ)arenottoo
7、difficult:Youshouldnotice,also,thatinEgyptianArabic,consonantscanbegeminated(doubled).bﺏ(be)asinEnglish.dﺩ(dāl)asinEnglish.fﻑ(fe)asinEnglish.gﺝ(gīm)asinEnglish,go.hﻫـ(he)asinEnglish,butoccursinunfamiliarpositions;mayalsobepronouncedword-finallyasaoru,andra
8、relyà.Itisoftensubstitutedforthefollowingletterforthea/àpronunciation.-a/-et/-à/-at ﺓ(temàrbūTà)onlyappearsword-finally;eitheraoret,dependingonthecontext,andrarelyàorat.kﻙ(kāf)asinEnglish.lﻝ(lām)similartoEngl
