الغرامة والرسوم غاليين.

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

So الغرامة والرسوم غاليين is literally something like:

• the fine and the fees expensive

But it naturally means:

• The fine and the fees are expensive / high

This is very normal in both Egyptian and Standard Arabic-style nominal sentences. If you wanted past or future, then a verb would appear, for example:

• كانوا غاليين = they were expensive
• هيبقوا غاليين = they will be expensive in Egyptian Arabic

Because both nouns are definite.

• الغرامة = the fine
• الرسوم = the fees

Arabic usually marks each definite noun separately, even when they are joined by و = and.

So:

• الغرامة والرسوم = the fine and the fees

not just one combined noun phrase.

Because غاليين is the predicate of the sentence, not just an adjective inside one noun phrase.

A useful way to see the structure is:

• الغرامة والرسوم = the subject / topic
• غاليين = what is being said about them

So the sentence pattern is basically:

• [subject] + [predicate]

That is why غاليين comes after the whole subject phrase.

Because the speaker is describing both things together, not only الغرامة.

• الغرامة by itself is feminine singular, so you might expect غالية
• But الغرامة والرسوم is a combined subject referring to more than one thing

In Egyptian Arabic, when you talk about multiple things together, it is very common to use a plural-type predicate like غاليين.

Also, Egyptian Arabic often uses fuller plural agreement with non-human things more freely than very formal Standard Arabic does.

For a learner, the easiest way to understand it is:

• غاليين is the normal everyday colloquial form you hear for more than one
• In Egyptian Arabic, the neat textbook distinction between dual and plural is often less important in actual speech than it is in formal grammar explanations

With a coordinated subject like الغرامة والرسوم, غاليين sounds natural and idiomatic.

A learner might wonder about something like غاليتين, but that would not fit well here, because the subject is not simply two feminine singular nouns of the same type. It is a mixed grouped subject, and غاليين is the natural colloquial choice.

Here الرسوم means fees or charges.

Its singular is:

• رسم = a fee / a charge

One thing that can confuse learners is that رسوم can also mean drawings or illustrations in another context. The spelling is the same, so the meaning comes from context.

In this sentence, because it appears with الغرامة and غاليين, the meaning is clearly fees/charges, not drawings.

Yes. Very naturally.

In Arabic, غالي is used for many kinds of costs:

• prices
• rent
• bills
• fees
• fines

So Arabic can say that a fee or fine is غالي even where English might prefer high rather than expensive.

So this sentence does not sound strange in Arabic.

A common Egyptian-style pronunciation would be:

• el-gharāma wer-rusūm ghalyīn
• or il-gharāma wir-rusūm ghalyīn

A few helpful notes:

• غ is the gh sound
• غاليين sounds like gha-lyeen
• الرسوم starts with ر, and ر is a sun letter, so the l of الـ is absorbed in pronunciation

So although it is written الرسوم, you usually hear something like:

• er-rusūm or ir-rusūm

And after و, it becomes:

• wer-rusūm or wir-rusūm

This sentence sounds most natural as colloquial Egyptian-style Arabic.

Why?

• The overall feel is everyday spoken Arabic
• The agreement choice غاليين is very natural in colloquial Egyptian
• Formal Standard Arabic would often choose a more formal adjective in this kind of context, such as مرتفعة or باهظة, depending on the exact meaning

So for everyday Egyptian speech, الغرامة والرسوم غاليين is perfectly understandable and natural.

In theory, غالي can mean dear/precious in some contexts, but not here.

Because the sentence is about:

• الغرامة = a fine
• الرسوم = fees

the meaning is clearly financial:

• expensive
• costly
• or more naturally in English, high

So context removes the emotional meaning completely.