kullu tamam!: An Introduction to Egyptian Colloquial Arabic

It's a very useful book with an impressive and clear vocabulary. There are other books like this written by prestigious universities which ignore the need to provide a fully comprehensive glossary. This book really teaches you to communicate in a proper way and in a variety of situations.

no arabic writing, that does not help very much if you go to that country. It is too difficult only with the phonicwords with this you do not learn real arabic.

I learned Classical and Modern Standard Arabic (using the mighty Hans Wehr, of course) during my university years, and for fun I decided to revive my Arabic with a twist to learn a colloquial variety. I've bought a number of books: Colloquial Arabic of Egypt by J.Wightwick, Kalaam Gamil, Kallimni Arabi Bishwees and Kullu Tamam by M.Woidich, The Big Fat Book of Egyptian Arabic Verbs by M.Aldrich, along with a number of additional e-books from the brilliant Lingualism (M. Aldrich).For text book, audio (Soundcloud hosted) and grammar the clear winner is Kullu Tamam, no competition. The audio transcripts are phonetically precise. The glossary is far the most complete of these books. Grammar is a very strong point of Kullu Tamam. The exercises are enough and great. It is even better than the T.F.Mitchel book. It has Index and solution to the exercises at the end of the book. Some people are complaining that the book is only transcript, and very few Arabic scripts. Yes, the book has a very strong concept to learn the spoken Egyptian: listen to the audio recording on Soundcloud and use the phonetically precise transcript. Still, if you are interested Lesson 17 teaches reading Arabic script, but it is not the main focus. The explanation of the delicate pronunciation rules of Egyptian Arabic is excellent in this book, and the transcripts for the audio dialogs are precise, this is a major plus of the book.The Aldrich (Lingualism) books are all brilliant, too, phonetically precise transcript, Arabic script included, very high quality presentation and contetnt, but they are not textbooks they cannot replace a textbook, and Kullu Tamam the best textbook in Egyptian Arabix.The J.Wightwick book is fun and great, too. Its grammar sections are fine, but not as complete as Kullu Tamam's excellent grammar sections. Unlike the phonetically precise transcripts in Kullu Tamam, the Wigthwick transcripts are more like a transcript of the Arabic script itself and phonetically not precise at all. Nevertheless, I love the Wighwick book, too, sure, but Kullu Tamam is superior.As for Kallimni Arabi Bishweesh and Kalaam Gamil: forget about them, just go for the Woidich or Wightwick book for text book, and the Lingualism books for additional material.

Dank der CD kann man auch allein arbeiten...viel nützliches und praktisches Wissen enthalten...in lateinischer Schrift und somit leicht in der Handhabung...

Im Gegensatz zu anderen Arabischen Textbüchern, findet man in Kullu Tamam eine gute Lehrmethode mit einfachen und praktischen Alltagsdialogen. Nützlicher Wortschatz und viele Übungen. Dazu gibt es eine CD.