الاثار الجانبية فيها نعاس.

The side effects include drowsiness.

Breakdown of الاثار الجانبية فيها نعاس.

• فيه: there is
• الاثار الجانبية: the side effects
• نعاس: drowsiness

Questions & Answers about الاثار الجانبية فيها نعاس.

How would I pronounce this sentence in Egyptian Arabic?

A common Egyptian-style pronunciation would be:

el-āsār el-gānibeyya fīhā noʿās

A few useful notes:

• ال is often pronounced el- in Egyptian, not al-.
• ج in الجانبية is a hard g in Egyptian, like go.
• ث in آثار is often pronounced like s in everyday Egyptian, so you may hear āsār rather than āthār.
• ع in نعاس is the deep Arabic sound ʿ. If that sound is still hard for you, that is normal.

What does each word do in the sentence?

Here is the breakdown:

• الآثار = the effects
• الجانبية = side / secondary
• الآثار الجانبية = the side effects
• فيها = in it / in them, and here more naturally it has or they include
• نعاس = drowsiness / sleepiness

So the structure is basically:

the side effects + include/have + drowsiness

Why is there no verb like is, are, or have?