تخانة المج كويسة.

good

Breakdown of تخانة المج كويسة.

• المج: the mug
• التخانة: the thickness

Questions & Answers about تخانة المج كويسة.

How do I pronounce تخانة المج كويسة?

A good rough pronunciation is:

tekhānet el-magg kwayyisa

A few useful notes:

• تخانة is often heard as tekhāna
• In تخانة المج, the final ة is pronounced as -et because another noun follows it
• المج is pronounced el-magg in Egyptian
• Egyptian ج is usually a hard g, not an English j
• كويسة is pronounced kwayyisa or kuwayyisa

What does each word mean literally?

Word by word:

• تخانة = thickness
• المج = the mug
• كويسة = good

So the sentence literally means something like:

The thickness of the mug is good.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?