رسوم الشحن غالية عشان ميعاد التوصيل المتوقع قريب.

The shipping fee is high because the expected delivery time is soon.

Breakdown of رسوم الشحن غالية عشان ميعاد التوصيل المتوقع قريب.

• قريب: near
• غالي: expensive
• عشان: because
• ميعاد التوصيل المتوقع: the expected delivery time

Questions & Answers about رسوم الشحن غالية عشان ميعاد التوصيل المتوقع قريب.

Where is the verb are in this sentence?

In Arabic, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• رسوم الشحن غالية = The shipping fees are expensive / high
• ميعاد التوصيل المتوقع قريب = The expected delivery time/date is soon / close

There is no separate word for is/are here. That is normal in both Egyptian Arabic and MSA.

If you wanted past or future, then Arabic would usually use a form of كان:

• كانت رسوم الشحن غالية = The shipping fees were expensive
• هتكون رسوم الشحن غالية = The shipping fees will be expensive

Why is it رسوم الشحن and not الرسوم الشحن?

Because رسوم الشحن is an iḍāfa (construct phrase), which is how Arabic often says shipping fees, delivery time, car door, and so on.

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun does not take ال
• the second noun can take ال if the whole phrase is definite

So:

• رسوم الشحن = the shipping fees / shipping fees
• literally: fees of the shipping

Other similar examples:

• باب العربية = the car door
• ميعاد التوصيل = the delivery موعد / delivery time

So الرسوم الشحن would be incorrect.

Why is غالية feminine singular even though رسوم is plural?