شعره اسود.

• شعره = his hair
  • شعر = hair
  • -ه = his
• اسود = black

So the whole sentence means His hair is black.

A common Egyptian pronunciation is shaʿro eswed.

A few notes:

• ش = sh
• ع is the deep throat sound often written ʿ or 3
• the ending -ه here is usually pronounced -o in Egyptian, so شعره sounds like shaʿro
• اسود is often pronounced eswed in Egyptian speech

You may also see different transliterations, like sha3ro eswid/eswed.

In Arabic, the present tense of to be is usually omitted in simple sentences like this.

So Arabic says, literally:

• his hair black

but it means:

• his hair is black

This is completely normal in Egyptian Arabic.

Arabic usually expresses possession with a suffix attached to the noun.

So:

• شعر = hair
• شعره = his hair

That -ه is a possessive ending meaning his.

This is very common in Arabic:

• بيته = his house
• اسمه = his name
• شعره = his hair

Because a noun with a possessive suffix is already definite.

So شعره already means his hair, which is definite by itself. You do not add ال before it.

Compare:

• شعر = hair
• الشعر = the hair
• شعره = his hair

Because here اسود is the predicate: it tells you something about his hair.

So:

• شعره اسود = His hair is black

If you said:

• شعره الأسود

that would mean:

• his black hair

So the difference is:

• شعره اسود = a full sentence: His hair is black
• شعره الأسود = a noun phrase: his black hair

In Egyptian Arabic, the suffix -ه is often pronounced -o or -u, especially after a consonant.

So although it is written شعره, in Egyptian speech it often sounds like:

• shaʿro

This is a normal difference between spelling and dialect pronunciation.

Because شعر is treated as a masculine singular noun in Arabic, so the adjective agrees with it.

Even though English hair can feel a bit different, Arabic treats شعر as singular here.

So:

• شعره اسود = correct

If the noun were feminine, the color word would change form.

In informal Egyptian writing, people often leave out the hamza in words like this, so اسود is very common.

A more careful spelling is:

• أسود

Both refer to the same word here: black.

So in everyday Egyptian writing, اسود is normal.

It follows a very common Arabic pattern:

• subject + predicate

Here:

• شعره = the subject, his hair
• اسود = the predicate, black

So the sentence structure is basically:

• His hair + black

which English translates as:

• His hair is black

This kind of sentence is extremely common in Arabic.