العين جزء من الجسم.

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Breakdown of العين جزء من الجسم.

• جزء: part
• جسم: body
• عين: eye

Questions & Answers about العين جزء من الجسم.

How would an Egyptian Arabic speaker pronounce العين جزء من الجسم?

A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation would be roughly:

el-ʿēn gozʾ men el-gism

A few notes:

• العين → el-ʿēn
• جزء → often gozʾ in Egyptian pronunciation
• من → men
• الجسم → el-gism

Two important pronunciation points for English speakers:

• The ع in العين is the consonant ʿayn, which does not exist in English. It is a deep throat sound.
• In Egyptian Arabic, ج is usually pronounced like g in go, so الجسم sounds like el-gism, not el-jism.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because in Arabic, present-tense sentences like The eye is part of the body usually do not need a word for is.

So:

• العين = the eye
• جزء من الجسم = part of the body

Put together, that already means The eye is part of the body.

This is very common in Arabic. In the present tense, Arabic often leaves out is / am / are.

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