الصحة مهمة.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation is:

eṣ-ṣeḥḥa mohimma

You may also see it written approximately as:

• es-se77a مهمة in Arabizi/chat style
• eṣ-ṣiḥḥa muhimma in a more formal transliteration style

A few pronunciation notes:

• ال in Egyptian is usually pronounced el-, but here it changes because the next letter is ص.
• ص is a “sun letter,” so the l sound of el- assimilates to it. That is why الصحة sounds like eṣ-ṣeḥḥa, not el-siḥḥa.
• ح is a strong breathy h sound from deeper in the throat.
• The doubled consonants matter:
  • صّ gives a held/doubled ṣ
  • حّ gives a held/doubled ḥ
  • مهمّة also has a doubled m sound in careful pronunciation

So the rhythm is roughly:

eṣ-ṣeḥ-ḥa mo-him-ma

Because in Arabic, the present tense of to be is usually omitted.

So:

• الصحة مهمة = Health is important

There is no separate word for is in this kind of present-tense sentence.

This is very normal in both Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic.

Compare:

• الجو حلو = The weather is nice
• الأكل جاهز = The food is ready
• الصحة مهمة = Health is important

If you want was or will be, then Arabic does use words for that, but in the simple present it usually doesn’t.

Because مهمة is feminine, and it is agreeing with الصحة, which is also feminine.

In Arabic, adjectives must agree with the noun they describe or refer to in gender (and often also number and definiteness, depending on the structure).

Here:

• الصحة = health → grammatically feminine
• مهمة = important → feminine form

The masculine form would be:

• مهم = important

So you would say:

• الكتاب مهم = The book is important
  (masculine)
• الصحة مهمة = Health is important
  (feminine)

Because grammatical gender in Arabic does not always match biological sex or English logic.

Many Arabic nouns are simply classified as either masculine or feminine. صحة is one of the nouns treated as feminine.

A very common clue is the ending ة (taa marbuuTa), which often marks feminine nouns:

• صحة = health
• مدرسة = school
• سيارة = car

So even though health is not a female person or animal, the word صحة is grammatically feminine, and the adjective must match it:

• الصحة مهمة

Because it is the predicate of the sentence, not a normal “the + adjective” phrase.

In a sentence like الصحة مهمة, the structure is:

• الصحة = the topic / subject
• مهمة = the predicate (“important”)

In Arabic, predicate adjectives in simple nominal sentences are usually indefinite, even when the subject is definite.

So:

• الصحة مهمة = Health is important

not:

• الصحة المهمة

Because الصحة المهمة would mean something more like:

• the important health
• or part of a larger phrase, not a complete sentence in the same way

This is a very common pattern in Arabic.

Because ص is a sun letter.

The Arabic definite article is written ال, but its pronunciation changes depending on the first letter of the next word.

With sun letters, the l sound is absorbed into the next consonant.
Since ص is a sun letter:

• ال + صحة
• becomes pronounced roughly eṣ-ṣeḥḥa

not el-saḥḥa with a clear l

This assimilation is something learners see all the time, for example:

• الشمس → esh-shams
• الراجل → er-ragel
• الصحة → eṣ-ṣeḥḥa

So the spelling stays the same, but the pronunciation changes.

Here, مهمة means important.

The root idea is related to importance/significance. In this sentence, it describes الصحة.

So:

• الصحة مهمة = Health is important

Be careful, though: the word مهمة can also mean mission or task in other contexts, especially in Modern Standard Arabic.

For example:

• عندي مهمة = I have a task/mission

But in الصحة مهمة, it is clearly the adjective important, not the noun task.

It works in both.

That is one reason it’s a useful beginner sentence.

• In Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), it is correct.
• In Egyptian Arabic, it is also natural and understandable.

The main differences are more about pronunciation than the basic grammar here.

For example:

• MSA-style pronunciation: aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu muhimmatun in full formal case endings
• Everyday Egyptian: eṣ-ṣeḥḥa mohimma

In normal speech, especially in Egyptian, you do not use the formal case endings.

It is a nominal sentence: a sentence that starts with a noun, not a verb.

Pattern:

• Noun + adjective/predicate

Here:

• الصحة = noun / subject-like topic
• مهمة = predicate adjective

So the sentence literally follows the pattern:

• Health important
• meaning Health is important

This kind of sentence is extremely common in Arabic.

Other examples:

• الدنيا صعبة = Life is hard
• القهوة سخنة = The coffee is hot
• البيت كبير = The house is big

No, not if you want standard correct agreement.

Because الصحة is feminine, the adjective should also be feminine:

• الصحة مهمة ✅

not:

• الصحة مهم ❌

Why?

• مهم = masculine
• مهمة = feminine

Since صحة is a feminine noun, you need the feminine adjective.

In this sentence, the ة at the end of both words is pronounced like a short -a sound in normal speech.

So:

• صحة → seḥḥa
• مهمة → mohimma

This final ة is called taa marbuuTa.

A useful beginner rule:

• At the end of a word in normal pause/speech, it usually sounds like -a
• In some grammatical contexts in formal Arabic, it can connect and sound more like -t, but you usually do not need that for everyday Egyptian

So in Egyptian Arabic, just think of it here as an -a ending.

In Egyptian Arabic, a natural negation is:

الصحة مش مهمة

That means:

Health is not important

Here:

• مش = not

This is the common Egyptian way to negate adjective and noun sentences.

Compare:

• الجو حلو = The weather is nice
• الجو مش حلو = The weather is not nice

So for your sentence:

• الصحة مهمة = Health is important
• الصحة مش مهمة = Health is not important

Yes. صحتك مهمة means:

Your health is important

Here:

• صحة = health
• -ك = your

So:

• الصحة مهمة = Health is important
• صحتك مهمة = Your health is important

This is very common in real-life Egyptian Arabic, especially in advice, health, and everyday conversation.

The normal, straightforward order here is:

• الصحة مهمة

This is the most natural way to say Health is important.

Arabic can sometimes change word order for emphasis, but for a beginner, the safest pattern is:

• subject/topic first
• predicate second

So stick with:

• الصحة مهمة

That will sound correct and natural.

A good mini-vocabulary set would be:

• صحة = health
• الـ = the
• مهم = important (masculine)
• مهمة = important (feminine)
• مش = not (Egyptian negation)

From just this one sentence, you can already build useful variations:

• الصحة مهمة = Health is important
• الراحة مهمة = Rest is important
• المدرسة مهمة = School is important
• صحتك مهمة = Your health is important
• الصحة مش مهمة = Health is not important

So it is a very productive sentence pattern to learn early.