الكباية بلاستيك.

The cup is plastic.

Breakdown of الكباية بلاستيك.

• كباية: cup
• بلاستيك: plastic

Questions & Answers about الكباية بلاستيك.

How do you pronounce الكباية بلاستيك?

A good Egyptian Arabic approximation is el-kobbāya balastīk.

A few notes:

• الـ is usually pronounced el- or il- in Egyptian, not al-.
• كباية is commonly pronounced something like kobbāya.
• بلاستيك is often pronounced balastik/balastīk in Egyptian speech.

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like el-kobbāya balastīk.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Because in Arabic, especially in the present tense, sentences like The cup is plastic usually do not use a separate word for is.

So:

• الكباية = the cup
• بلاستيك = plastic
• together: The cup is plastic

This is a very common Arabic pattern, often called a nominal sentence.

Why does الكباية have الـ but بلاستيك does not?

Because الكباية is the thing being talked about: the cup.
بلاستيك is the information being given about it: plastic.

In this kind of sentence:

• the first part is often definite
• the second part is often indefinite or unmarked

So الكباية بلاستيك means The cup is plastic, not the plastic cup.