How do I know which form a verb has in Egyptian Arabic.
Hi, I am currently looking at Egyptian Arabic verb forms but I am struggling to find which verb has which form. I know Egyptian dialect is a spoken dialect so do I just perhaps buy something like Hans Wehr's Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic which I believe orders words by their root but then I would be finding words that are not Egyptian.

Does something like this exist for Egyptian or is there a way I can for example try every form of a verb and then somehow get confirmation that this exists?

Thanks,
Gary

Question

How do I know which form a verb has in Egyptian Arabic.
Hi, I am currently looking at Egyptian Arabic verb forms but I am struggling to find which verb has which form. I know Egyptian dialect is a spoken dialect so do I just perhaps buy something like Hans Wehr's Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic which I believe orders words by their root but then I would be finding words that are not Egyptian.

Does something like this exist for Egyptian or is there a way I can for example try every form of a verb and then somehow get confirmation that this exists?

Thanks,
Gary

Answer

Hi Gary,

I think there is no dictionary or reference for Egyptian verbs, Egyptian dialect just dialect not separate language, i think if you need to be fluent in Egyptian dialect you have to learn Modern Standard Arabic (al fusha) and after that will be easy to learn Egyptian dialect in short time.

Answer

Hi Gary, 
try to find this dictionary , (A.Dictionary.of.Egyptian.Arabic) it may help.

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