رسوم الشحن غالية.

A natural pronunciation is:

rusūm ish-shaḥn ghālya

A few notes:

• الشحن is pronounced ish-shaḥn or esh-shaḥn, not el-shaḥn, because ش is a sun letter, so the l in ال blends into the sh sound.
• غالية is usually heard as ghālya in speech.
• رسوم has a long ū sound: ru-sūm.

Here is the breakdown:

• رسوم = fees / charges
• الشحن = the shipping
• غالية = expensive

So رسوم الشحن is a noun phrase meaning shipping fees/charges, and غالية is the predicate adjective describing them.

Because in Arabic, present-tense sentences like this usually do not use a word for is / are.

So Arabic says, literally:

shipping fees expensive

This is completely normal.
If you wanted past or future, then Arabic would use extra words, but in the present tense it usually leaves the copula out.

Because رسوم الشحن is an iḍāfa construction, often called a construct phrase.

In this structure:

• the first noun usually does not take ال
• the second noun can make the whole phrase definite

So:

• رسوم الشحن = the shipping fees

Even though رسوم has no ال, the whole phrase is definite because الشحن is definite.

This is a very common Arabic pattern.

رسوم is a non-human plural, and non-human plurals are usually treated grammatically like feminine singular when adjectives describe them.

So Arabic uses:

• غالية = feminine singular

not a plural adjective.

That is why:

• رسوم الشحن غالية is correct

Compare:

• الشحن غالي = shipping is expensive
• رسوم الشحن غالية = shipping fees are expensive

The adjective has two basic forms here:

• غالي = masculine
• غالية = feminine

Since رسوم is a non-human plural, Arabic treats it like feminine singular for agreement, so the adjective becomes غالية.

So the choice is based on grammar, not just literal gender.

It is natural and understandable, especially in:

• websites
• delivery apps
• customer service
• signs
• business or pricing contexts

But in very casual Egyptian, people might also say:

• مصاريف الشحن غالية
• الشحن غالي

So رسوم sounds a little more formal or administrative than some everyday alternatives, but it is still very common.

Because ش is one of the Arabic sun letters.

When ال comes before a sun letter, the l sound is not pronounced separately. Instead, the next consonant is emphasized or doubled.

So:

• الشحن is pronounced ish-shaḥn / esh-shaḥn

not:

• el-shaḥn

You will see this with many words, such as:

• الشمس → ish-shams
• الشارع → ish-shāreʿ

For a normal, neutral statement, رسوم الشحن غالية is the most natural order.

It follows a very common pattern:

• subject
  • description

So:

• رسوم الشحن = subject
• غالية = predicate/adjective

Other word orders are possible in Arabic for emphasis, but for a learner, this is the standard and safest way to say it.