Questions & Answers about الصور على التليفون في الالبوم.
Because Arabic often leaves out the present-tense verb to be.
So in a sentence like الصور على التليفون في الالبوم, Arabic does not need a separate word for are. The idea of are is understood automatically.
- Present tense: no is / are / am
- Past tense: you would use a verb such as كانت
- Future: you would use a future form such as هتكون in Egyptian
So this is very normal Arabic sentence structure.
In Egyptian Arabic, الصور is commonly pronounced something like eṣ-ṣowar or es-sowar.
Two useful things are happening here:
- The word صور means pictures / photos
- The ال definite article changes its sound before certain letters
Because ص is a sun letter, the l sound of ال is not pronounced clearly. So instead of saying al-suwar, you hear something closer to eṣ-ṣowar / es-sowar.
This is a very common pattern in Arabic.