The over 2,000 flashcards in this deck are designed to be used alongside the book The Big Fat Book of Egyptian Arabic Verbs. Each flashcard corresponds to one of the example sentences from the book, but the verb has been replaced with an English prompt (translation) in square brackets. The prompt helps you determine the correct verb form needed in the sentence, though it may differ from a natural English translation. For example, an active participle appears in the prompt as an English gerund (a verb ending in -ing), but remember that in Egyptian Arabic, the active participle often indicates a past action with a present result—similar to the English present perfect tense.

How It Works

The prompt includes a subject pronoun (he, she, etc.) when the subject is not clear from the context. Gender (m = masculine; f = feminine) and number (pl = plural) markers are also added when useful. Beneath each sentence, you’ll see a “Show Hint” option that reveals the verb’s base form. Your task is to produce the correct conjugated form—say it aloud or write it down. (Typed answers are not used because even minor differences in tashkeel, or diacritics, would cause the software to mark the answer incorrect.)

If you’re unsure how to conjugate a verb or prefer to locate the correct form as a multiple-choice exercise, refer to the corresponding page in the book—the table number is provided below the hint. Just be ca