السوق مفتوح يوم الاربع.

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Breakdown of السوق مفتوح يوم الاربع.

• سوق: market
• مفتوح: open
• الاربع: Wednesday

Questions & Answers about السوق مفتوح يوم الاربع.

How would I pronounce this sentence in Egyptian Arabic?

A natural Egyptian pronunciation would be:

es-sūʔ maftūḥ yōm il-arbaʿ

A few useful points:

• السوق is pronounced es-sūʔ, not al-sūq
• مفتوح = maftūḥ
• يوم = yōm
• الاربع / الأربع = il-arbaʿ

You may also hear a very colloquial version with فاتح instead of مفتوح: es-sūʔ fātiḥ yōm il-arbaʿ

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Arabic, the present-tense to be is usually not said.

So Arabic often says:

• السوق مفتوح = literally the market open
• but it means the market is open

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

If you wanted a past meaning, then you would use a verb such as كان:

• السوق كان مفتوح = the market was open

Why is مفتوح used here?