الدنيا كبيرة.

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Breakdown of الدنيا كبيرة.

• الدنيا: the world

Questions & Answers about الدنيا كبيرة.

How do you pronounce الدنيا كبيرة in Egyptian Arabic?

In Egyptian Arabic, it is commonly pronounced:

ed-donya kibiira

A more detailed breakdown:

• الدنيا → ed-donya
• كبيرة → kibiira

A few pronunciation notes:

• The ال at the start of الدنيا is not pronounced al here; in Egyptian it sounds more like el/ed depending on the next letter.
• The د gets doubled in pronunciation, so الدنيا sounds like ed-donya, not al-donya.
• كبيرة has a long ii sound: ki-bii-ra.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Arabic often uses nominal sentences in the present tense without a separate verb meaning is/are.

So:

• الدنيا كبيرة literally looks like the world big
• but it means The world is big

This is completely normal in both Egyptian Arabic and Standard Arabic.

If you wanted past or future, then Arabic would usually use a verb, but in the simple present, no is is needed.

Why does كبيرة come after الدنيا?