Re: Anser (was: swallow vs. nightingale)

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 50760
Date: 2007-12-08

Ryan :
 
I wrote :
A. de Biberstein Kazimirski, Dictionaire Arabe-Français,
2004, Al-bouraq, tomes 1 et 2,
You said you can speak/read French,
so tomes 1 et 2 : Equals 2 volumes.
I suppose 1+ 1 = 2 (in your language too).
 
Arabic experts told me :
WEHR, 1961, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic,
Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz
is a good reference for -modern- Arabic
It seems there exists no equivalent of Kazimirski's
translation of Lisan and Qamus in English.
It is little wonder you can't get all the meanings.
So Ryan, I re-suggest you work with efficient tools,
unstead of yelling you have not found them.
 
Now, as for examples,
I suggest you open an English dictionary.
You will probably notice that it gives "meanings"
not examples.
Kazimirski gives "meanings", syntactic classes
and basic derivational paradigms.
I hope you are capable of understanding
that my references are best-in-class
but do not provide examples.
I am expecting a big surprise :
that you finally could understand my mail.
That can be your good deed of the day.
Please try hard.
I mean harder than usual.
 
Arnaud Fournet