Eastern Arabic Phrasebook & Dictionary: For the Spoken Arabic of Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel and Syria (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook) [Paperback]

Frank A. Rice (Author), Majed F. Saiid (Author), Majed F. Sa'id (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781806852 | ISBN-13: 978-0781806855 | Publication Date: October 1998 | Edition: Revised

For the spoken Arabic of Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel and Syria. Contains a brief description of Arab grammar and a pronunciation guide. Also includes a basic key vocabulary with an intentionally easy-to-use pronunciation system in English spelling.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books; Revised edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781806852
• ISBN-13: 978-0781806855
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 3.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,137,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > Travel > Middle East > Syria
  • #30 in Books > Travel > Middle East > Lebanon
  • #40 in Books > Travel > Middle East > Jordan

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars useful for some purposes, but limited in key ways, January 4, 2010

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Epictetus (Hong Kong) (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Eastern Arabic-English, English-Eastern Arabic Dictionary & Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook) (Kindle Edition)

The Kindle edition of this work suffers two major limitations. First, there is no way of quickly going to the entry of a word in the dictionary. For example, if you want to find out what "Now" is in Arabic, the only way to get to the entry is to use Kindle's Find function, and to skip through every use of the word "now" in the text until you come to the entry. This renders the dictionary impractical in many uses. Secondly, the Arabic is not given in Arabic script, but in transliteration only. This makes it of very limited use if you are learning the Arabic alphabet as part of learning Arabic.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Learning Lebanese Arabic, January 28, 2007

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Vincent Kassab "paba01" (Buffalo, New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eastern Arabic Phrasebook & Dictionary: For the Spoken Arabic of Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel and Syria (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook) (Paperback)

This dictionary is useful but limited in utility if you want to learn Lebanese. It does not cover many words used in the Lebanese dialect of Arabic. It makes specific references to Syrian and Egyptian words but not Lebanese.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arabic on my own., March 30, 2009

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M. Kesler (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eastern Arabic Phrasebook & Dictionary: For the Spoken Arabic of Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel and Syria (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook) (Paperback)

I am studying arabic on my own and am using this to get a quicker grasp on the arabic. I have found it to be very helpful.