Hi Rachel. This is just a piece of advice and a grammar explanation, so don't freak out about the length. I just want to comment on a single word you wrote (بسكن) and why people are offering different versions for their corrections (اسكن = أسكن which is MSA, ساكنة and عايشة which are ways to say, primarily in dialect, that a female "lives"). My advice: As much as possible try to keep the Egyptian elements of the language separate from any non-Egyptian things. These could be pronunciation differences, ways to negate, "Egyptian" words vs. "MSA" words -- like أريد in MSA and عايز in Egyptian, etc. This helps avoid confusion, and makes Arabic easier to learn - trust me. Half the corrections you'll get here will be MSA and half dialect, so knowing what to keep/ignore is key. The grammar explanation: بسكن "makes sense" if you know that the ب means something you regularly do, and that the root س-ك-ن means to live/reside. But you can't put them together for two reasons. One, because the ب is not an MSA thing -- it's a colloquial thing. Two, because سكن in its MSA form (... ،أسكن، تسكن، تسكنين) doesn't exist in Egyptian. You can say it, but people will think it sounds weird because you've said something they never say. However, you can use the letters س ك ن in Egyptian to say that you live, but you have to change the form: ساكنة (pronounced سَكْنة or سَكِنة depending on...personal preference or accent or something like that...). It's complicated, but this kind of pattern (root letter #1 + alif + root letter #2 + root letter #3 + either the ة suffix for female or the suffix ين for "we/they/you all") can be used to say a lot of things in Egyptian, such as أنا ساكنة، هو عايز، هم سكنين. Your sentence, then, could be أنا ساكنة في كاليفورنيا. Arabic is really tricky, and I think you're doing a fantastic job after only 60 days! Keep it up, and good luck! بالتوفيق!

hi Rachel , I am egyptian and I be happy to help you in arabic egyption language and I also need from you to help me to strong my english language