yeh, i went to taba, egypt and they spoke a different dialect, its nice to visit bordering countries. what does "lingua franka" mean? i wasnt sure if that was arabic for now and i asked my cousins and they didnt understand. also i was wondering if there was any more advancements coming in the level of the arabic..the things are very nice to review and learn some thing off but i wanted to further my arabic even more? is this just for beginning learners or are you going to take it to a higher harder more advanced step? thanks.