Blowing on Yogurt and Other Egyptian Arabic Expressions - Hassan, Mona Kamel; Kassabgy, Nagwa
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"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."--

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"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."--
Autorenporträt
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.