Instant Arabic (9780804846301)

Instant Arabic presents 100 key Arabic words and phrases and shows you how to express over 1,000 everyday ideas with them, giving you the language you need to get around with confidence in any Arabic-speaking country.

Each Arabic word and phrase is accompanied by a clear, easy-to-read phonetic pronunciation, for example:

• Sorry for disturbing you. 'aasif lil izAaaj
• How do you spell your name? kayfa tuhajji 'ismouka?
• How much is that ring? bikam dhaalika al khaatim?
• What does this word mean? maa maAna haadihii al kalima?
• You are always welcome here. 'anta da'iman mouraHab bika houna.

Compact and easy to use, this handy phrasebook is the perfect companion to keep in your pocket or bag while traveling in an Arabic-speaking country.


About the Author:
Gisele El Khoury is the director of the Language Resource Centre at St. Lawrence University in New York State. She designed and co-authored an online Elementary Arabic II textbook in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University's Open Learning Initiative and is active as a researcher and teacher of Arabic pedagogy and educational technology. She is the author of Annotated ChatGPT Translations of Arabic Legal Terms.

Dr. Fethi Mansouri lectures in Middle Eastern Language & Culture at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He has conducted studies on the learning and teaching of Arabic as a second language and has published several books on foreign language pedagogy and multicultural education. He is the author of Essential Arabic and the Periplus Pocket Arabic Dictionary.