المزامنة شغالة دلوقتي.

now

Breakdown of المزامنة شغالة دلوقتي.

• شغال: working
• المزامنة: the syncing

Questions & Answers about المزامنة شغالة دلوقتي.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Egyptian Arabic usually does not use a present-tense verb like is/am/are in simple statements.

So:

• المزامنة شغالة دلوقتي literally looks like:
• the synchronization / working / now

But in natural English, that becomes:

• The synchronization is working now or
• Sync is on now

This is very normal in Arabic. In the present tense, Arabic often just puts the topic first and then the description after it.

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Why is شغالة feminine here?

Because المزامنة is grammatically feminine.

A lot of Arabic nouns ending in ـة are feminine, and مزامنة ends in ـة, so the adjective or predicate describing it also appears in the feminine form:

• masculine: شغال
• feminine: شغالة

So if the subject is المزامنة, you say:

• المزامنة شغالة

not:

• المزامنة شغال

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What does شغالة mean here exactly?