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| Ambesa87 Triglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5787 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 1 of 3 30 January 2009 at 1:13pm | IP Logged |
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Hello All,
I just recently stumbled onto these forums while conducting a Google search on language learning. I find this site to be extremely beneficial and interesting as I'm highly fascinated with language learning/acquisition. I have studied Arabic for quite some time now (Modern Standard and Egyptian Colloquial mainly), and thought it may be time to invest in a electronic dictionary. I've been thinking about this a lot- primarily because I'm currently in Egypt participating in a yearlong immersion Arabic language program, and believe I would benefit from such a device due to its portability and speed (faster and more manageable then using a dictionary, especially in the streets of Cairo). I definitely can hold my own in conversation (especially in Egyptian dialect), but I do find myself lacking vocabulary in certain areas- mostly understudied/uncommon areas such as spices, medicines, hygiene products, cleaning products, etc- just random/highly technical vocabulary words. Don't want to make this a long post (too late), so I will get to the question at hand... Have any of you (Arabic speakers or not) used Electronic dictionaries- native language into target language (i.e. Arabic-English/ English-Arabic dictionaries)? And if so, which ones? How useful did you find it, especially in comparison with paperback dictionaries. Would you recommend any particular brands, for English-Arabic? I went to a large book fair in Cairo today with my Egyptian host family, and we looked at a couple of devices. I found a nice electronic dictionary for roughly 2,500 EGP (roughly 400.00 USD- discount price)- and was thinking about purchasing it. Appreciate your thoughts. Edited by Ambesa87 on 30 January 2009 at 1:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jar-ptitsa Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5906 days ago 980 posts - 1006 votes  Speaks: French*, Dutch, German | Message 2 of 3 30 January 2009 at 1:30pm | IP Logged |
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400 $ for a dictionary??? It's extremely expensive. I haven't used elctronic dictionaries but I use "Leo", it's an online one, but not for Arabic, and I use Wordreference.com
maybe for arabic it's an online dictionary as well? It would be free.If you've truly much money, then you can purchase it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ambesa87 Triglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5787 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 3 of 3 30 January 2009 at 1:43pm | IP Logged |
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Its expensive because of the features- (voice recordings, extensive grammar, contextual references/usage, Arabic pronunciation of vocab/sentences/grammar terms, etc). It has a lot- the question is, however, will it be useful.
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