الري لازم كل يوم.

In Egyptian Arabic, الري is pronounced roughly er-rayy.

Two useful things are happening here:

• The ر is a sun letter, so the l sound of ال is not pronounced separately.
• The word ends with a doubled y sound, so it is not just ri.

In careful Standard Arabic pronunciation, you would hear something closer to ar-rayy.

الري means watering or irrigation.

In a farming or gardening context, watering is often the most natural English equivalent.
In a more technical or agricultural context, irrigation may fit better.

So this word refers to the act or process of giving water, not to the water itself.

Arabic often uses the definite article ال with abstract nouns and general activities in places where English does not use the.

So الري can still mean watering in a general sense, not necessarily the watering of one specific thing.

This is very normal in Arabic. English and Arabic do not always match in how often they use the definite article.

Here, لازم means necessary, required, or needed.

So in this sentence, it works like:

• is necessary
• is required

In Egyptian Arabic, لازم is very common. It can also be used in sentences that mean must, especially before a verb, for example:

• لازم تروح = You must go

But in الري لازم كل يوم, it is functioning more like necessary than like a direct must.

Because Arabic usually leaves out the present-tense verb to be.

So a sentence like:

• الري لازم كل يوم

is literally closer to:

• watering necessary every day

But the natural English meaning is:

• Watering is necessary every day

This is one of the most common differences between English and Arabic sentence structure.

It is a nominal sentence: a sentence that does not begin with a verb.

The structure is basically:

• الري = the topic
• لازم = the comment/predicate
• كل يوم = time expression

So the sentence is built like:

• Watering — necessary — every day

This kind of structure is very common in both Egyptian Arabic and Standard Arabic.

Here, كل يوم means every day.

That is a very common expression in Arabic:

• كل يوم = every day

It does not mean all day.

If you want to say all day, Arabic would usually use something like:

• طول اليوم = all day / throughout the day

So كل يوم is about repetition from day to day, not duration within one day.

Yes, you may also hear structures with لازم earlier, but the wording can shift the emphasis a little.

With الري لازم كل يوم, the sentence presents watering as the topic, then says something about it: it is necessary every day.

If you move things around, the sentence may still be understandable, but the feel changes. The given version is perfectly natural for stating a general fact or requirement.

For a learner, the safest takeaway is:

• الري لازم كل يوم is a normal verbless sentence meaning that watering is needed daily.

It can be understood in both.

• In Egyptian Arabic, it sounds natural, especially in practical contexts like farming, gardening, or instructions.
• In Standard Arabic, it is also understandable, though the exact pronunciation would be a bit different.

One small note: الري can sound a little technical or agricultural. In very casual everyday speech, people might sometimes use other wording depending on the situation. But the sentence itself is absolutely clear and usable.

Probably these three:

1. Arabic often drops the present-tense verb to be.
   So لازم can act like is necessary without a separate word for is.

2. Definite articles do not always match English usage.
   الري can still mean general watering.

3. Time expressions often come at the end.
   كل يوم naturally sits after the main statement, just like every day often does in English.

So this sentence is a great example of how Arabic can express a full idea with very few words.