Questions & Answers about التطبيق بيصنف الصور في المجلد.
How would this sentence normally be pronounced in Egyptian Arabic?
A natural Egyptian pronunciation is:
et-taṭbīʔ biyṣannif eṣ-ṣowar fil-mogallad
Word by word:
- التطبيق → et-taṭbīʔ
- بيصنف → biyṣannif
- الصور → eṣ-ṣowar
- في المجلد → fil-mogallad
A few sounds may vary slightly from speaker to speaker, but this is a good practical model.
Why doesn’t ال always sound like al- in this sentence?
Because Arabic has sun letters and moon letters.
- In التطبيق, the next letter is ت, which is a sun letter, so ال is pronounced with assimilation: et-taṭbīʔ
- In الصور, the next letter is ص, also a sun letter, so it becomes eṣ-ṣowar
- In المجلد, the next letter is م, a moon letter, so the l sound stays: el-mogallad
Also, في المجلد is often pronounced together as fil-mogallad in natural speech.
What does the بيـ in بيصنف mean?