Word
درجة التحميص غامقة، انما المرارة مش كتير.
Meaning
The roast level is dark, but the bitterness is not strong.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of درجة التحميص غامقة، انما المرارة مش كتير.
مش
not
كتيرketir
a lot
غامقgâme'
dark-colored
انماinnama
but rather; however
Questions & Answers about درجة التحميص غامقة، انما المرارة مش كتير.
What does درجة التحميص literally mean?
Literally, it means the degree/level of roasting.
- درجة = degree, level
- التحميص = roasting / roast
Together, this is a very natural way to say roast level in Arabic, especially when talking about coffee.
Why does only التحميص have الـ in درجة التحميص?
This is an iḍāfa structure, often called a possessive or of-phrase.
So درجة التحميص is literally:
- درجة = degree
- التحميص = the roasting
Together: the degree of the roasting, which naturally becomes the roast level.
In Arabic iḍāfa:
- the first noun usually does not take الـ
- the second noun can take الـ
- the whole phrase becomes definite if the second noun is definite
So درجة التحميص = the roast level, not just a roast level.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?