القانون واضح.

In Egyptian Arabic, you’ll commonly hear it as el-ʔānūn wādeḥ.

A rough guide:

• القانون → el-ʔānūn
• واضح → wādeḥ

A few notes:

• ال is usually pronounced el- in Egyptian.
• The letter ق is often pronounced like a glottal stop ʔ in Egyptian, not like a hard q.
• The last sound in واضح is a strong h sound.

In more formal Standard Arabic pronunciation, it would be al-qānūnu wāḍiḥun or, without full endings, al-qānūn wāḍiḥ.

It works as Standard Arabic, and it is also easy for Egyptians to understand and say. In everyday Egyptian speech, the main difference is usually the pronunciation, especially ق becoming ʔ and ال sounding like el-.

So:

• Standard Arabic spelling: القانون واضح
• Everyday Egyptian pronunciation: el-ʔānūn wādeḥ

In Arabic, simple present-tense sentences often do not use a word for is/am/are. So القانون واضح literally looks like the law clear, but it means the law is clear.

This is completely normal in Arabic. If you want other tenses, then a verb can appear, for example:

• كان القانون واضح = The law was clear

Because القانون is the subject and means the law, so it is definite. واضح is the predicate adjective in the sentence, so it stays indefinite in this kind of structure.

That is why:

• القانون واضح = The law is clear

But compare that with:

• القانون الواضح = the clear law

So adding الـ to واضح changes it from a full sentence into a noun phrase.

This is a nominal sentence: a sentence that starts with a noun, not a verb.

Its structure is:

• القانون = the subject
• واضح = the predicate adjective

So the pattern is basically:

• noun + adjective
• meaning: noun + is + adjective

This is one of the most common sentence types in Arabic.

Yes. In Arabic, adjectives and predicate adjectives generally agree with the noun in gender and number.

Here:

• القانون is masculine singular
• so واضح is also masculine singular

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would change too. For example:

• الحقيقة واضحة = The truth is clear

So agreement is important.

الـ is the definite article, meaning the. In القانون, it makes the word mean the law rather than just a law or law.

The letter ق is a moon letter, not a sun letter. That means the l sound in الـ is pronounced.

So you say:

• el-ʔānūn

not something like:

• eʔ-ānūn

Normally, no. In a simple sentence like this, Arabic does not need a separate word like هو between the noun and the adjective.

The natural form is:

• القانون واضح

Using هو here would sound unnatural in ordinary speech unless you are doing something very specific for emphasis or a different structure. For a basic learner sentence, just use القانون واضح.

In Egyptian Arabic, the natural negative is:

• القانون مش واضح = The law is not clear

Here مش is the common Egyptian way to negate this kind of sentence.

In Standard Arabic, you would more often see:

• القانون ليس واضحًا

So if you are focusing on Egyptian, مش is the form to learn first.