Example sentences
This page explains how to use the Example sentences page of the Egyptian Arabic Dictionary. You can get to this page in two ways:
- All examples: Click on the Examples entry in the Online options... section in the menu to see all example sentences
- Examples for one word: Click on the
button next to a word in
one of the other pages to see the examples that include this word.
For more information about Egyptian arabic grammar, see the Arabic grammar page.
Buttons
At the top left of the display is a or button and either a or button .
Arabic words are displayed both in arabic writing and in european letters. There are two options for displaying words in european letters- transliterated and pronounced. You can click on and to switch between the two. For more information about the differences between the two systems and an introduction to arabic writing, see Arabic Writing.
You can hide the arabic writing by clicking the button, and show it using the button.
At the top right is a 
or 
flag that can switch the user interface between English and Arabic
, and a 
button which displays the menu
.
Example selection
At the top of the page is an area that you can use to move through the selected examples. It tells
you which example number is currently displayed, and you can use the 
and 
buttons or the slider control to move back and forth through the examples.
Current example
The middle section shows the current example in european letters and arabic writing. One of the words is highlighted, and the details for this word are displayed below. You can select a different word by clicking on the word in either the european or the arabic version of the example.
You will also see a translation of the example, and any explanatory notes about it.
Touch the 
button to hear somebody saying the word.
Selected word
The last section shows full details for the selected word. The information is in three parts: details about the word itself, all of the forms of the word, and meanings of the word.