Blowing on Yogurt and Other Egyptian Arabic Expressions - Illi in Fifty Idioms

"The idioms have been collected to showcase the use of the Egyptian word illi, in itself a fascinating linguistic anomaly as the only relative pronoun that exists in this dialect. Organized around their day-to-day linguistic function, each expression includes the original Arabic, a translation, an English equivalent or explanation, as well as whimsical illustrations. This book is covers a wide array of meanings and contexts-packed full of expressions that will console, threaten, encourage, and much more-and is sure to entertain and inform."--

List of contents

Introduction
Transliteration key
Criticism
Warning
Advice
Empathizing and Consoling
Rebuke, Regret, Threatens
Appreciation and Encouragement

About the author

Mona Kamel Hassan (Author) is currently a senior Arabic language instructor in the Department of Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) at the American University in Cairo, where she has taught Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) since 1994. She has been teaching AFL since 1990. She is the author of Keda Mazbuut: A Grammar Book of Egyptian Arabic with Exercises, (AUC Press, 2020) and co-author of Roving Eye: Head to Toe in Egyptian Arabic Expressions (AUC Press, 2014).

Nagwa Kassabgy (Author) is a senior English language Instructor in the Department of English Language Instruction (ELI) at the American University in Cairo, where she has taught since 1993.

Product details

• Authors: Mona Kamel Hassan, Nagwa Kassabgy
• Assisted by: Noha Elfarouk (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2024
• EAN: 9781649033468
• ISBN: 978-1-64903-346-8
• No. of pages: 104
• Illustrations: Farb., s/w. Fotos, Abb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, TRAVEL / Middle East / Egypt, Arabic, Slang & dialect humour, Language teaching and learning, Slang and dialect humour, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)