درجة الطحن مناسبة، انما الفلتر صغير.

Literally, it means the degree of grinding.

In natural English, especially in a coffee context, that usually comes out as:

• the grind size
• the grind setting
• the coarseness of the grind

So درجة is degree / level, and الطحن is grinding.

Because this is an iḍāfa construction, often called a construct phrase.

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun usually does not take الـ
• the second noun can make the whole phrase definite

So:

• درجة الطحن = the degree of the grinding → more naturally the grind size
• even though درجة itself has no الـ, the whole phrase is definite because الطحن is definite

This is very common in Arabic.

Because درجة ends in ة (taa marbuuTa).

That ending is often pronounced like -a / -ah when the word stands alone, but it is pronounced as -t when the word is linked to something after it, especially in an iḍāfa.

So:

• by itself: درجة may sound like daraga / daraga(h)
• in درجة الطحن: it becomes daragit / daraget...

That t sound is completely normal here.

Because مناسبة is describing درجة, and درجة is a feminine noun.

Arabic adjectives agree with the nouns they describe in gender, so:

• masculine: مناسب
• feminine: مناسبة

Since درجة is feminine, the adjective must also be feminine.

Because here مناسبة is the predicate adjective in a nominal sentence, not just an attributive adjective attached directly to the noun.

Arabic usually says:

• درجة الطحن مناسبة = The grind size is suitable
• الفلتر صغير = The filter is small

In this pattern, the adjective is normally indefinite, even if the subject is definite.

So المناسبة would sound wrong here.

Because Arabic normally omits the present-tense copula.

So instead of saying something literally like the grind size is suitable, Arabic simply says:

• درجة الطحن مناسبة
• الفلتر صغير

This is a standard feature of both Egyptian Arabic and Standard Arabic.

If you wanted was, will be, etc., then Arabic would usually use a verb such as كان.

Here, انما means but or however.

So the sentence structure is:

• درجة الطحن مناسبة = the grind size is suitable
• انما الفلتر صغير = but the filter is small

A useful note: in more formal Arabic, إنما often has other meanings such as only or indeed depending on context. In Egyptian colloquial usage, though, it can work as a contrastive connector meaning but.

Because informal Egyptian writing often drops or ignores some spelling details that would matter more in formal Standard Arabic.

So you may see:

• انما
• إنما

In casual writing, both can appear. The version without the hamza is very common in dialect writing.

No. You could also hear:

• بس — very common and conversational
• لكن — also common, a bit more neutral or formal
• انما — contrastive, and perfectly understandable here

So the sentence could also be phrased with بس in everyday speech.

فلتر is a loanword, basically borrowed from filter.

This is very normal in Egyptian Arabic, especially for modern objects or technical items. With the definite article, it becomes:

• الفلتر = the filter

In everyday Egyptian, using فلتر sounds natural.

A rough Egyptian pronunciation would be:

daragit iṭ-ṭaḥn monaasba, innama il-filter sughayyar

A few notes:

• درجة often starts with a hard g sound in Egyptian, because ج is usually pronounced g
• الطحن is often pronounced iṭ-ṭaḥn / it-taḥn, not il-taḥn, because ط is a sun letter
• صغير in Egyptian is commonly pronounced something like sughayyar / soghayyar

Exact vowels vary a bit from speaker to speaker.