الغرزة جنب الدبوس.

A good approximate pronunciation is:

el-gharza gamb ed-dabboos

A few helpful notes:

• ج in Egyptian Arabic is usually pronounced g as in go
• جنب is commonly said as gamb
• الدبوس is written with الـ, but because د is a sun letter, it is pronounced ed-dabboos, not el-dabboos

الـ is the Arabic definite article, so it means the.

So:

• غرزة = a stitch
• الغرزة = the stitch
• دبوس = a pin
• الدبوس = the pin

Both nouns are definite in this sentence.

This happens because د is a sun letter.

In Arabic, when الـ comes before a sun letter, the l sound of الـ disappears in pronunciation, and the next consonant is emphasized instead.

So:

• written: الدبوس
• pronounced: ed-dabboos

This is a pronunciation rule only. The spelling stays the same.

Here جنب means next to, beside, or by.

In Egyptian Arabic, جنب is a very common way to show location. So the structure:

X جنب Y

means:

X is next to Y

In speech, جنب is often pronounced gamb.

There is no separate word for is in this kind of present-tense sentence.

Arabic often uses a verbless sentence in the present tense. So:

الغرزة جنب الدبوس

literally looks like:

the stitch next to the pin

but it naturally means:

The stitch is next to the pin

This is completely normal in Arabic.

Arabic often puts the thing being talked about first, then gives information about it.

So here:

• الغرزة = the thing you are talking about
• جنب الدبوس = where it is

That is why the sentence is structured as:

The stitch — next to the pin

which in natural English becomes:

The stitch is next to the pin

It is very natural in Egyptian Arabic, especially because of the spoken form gamb for جنب.

Other Arabic speakers would probably understand it, but in more formal Modern Standard Arabic, people often prefer expressions like:

• بجانب
• إلى جانب

So this sentence feels more everyday and colloquial, which fits Egyptian Arabic well.

That is a major feature of Egyptian Arabic.

In Egyptian Arabic:

• ج is usually pronounced g as in go

So:

• جنب sounds like gamb, not jamb

This is one of the first pronunciation differences English speakers notice between Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic.

Yes. غرزة ends in ة, which usually marks a feminine singular noun.

So غرزة is grammatically feminine.

In this sentence, that does not change much, because there is no adjective or past-tense verb agreeing with it. But it is still useful to know, because in other sentences you may need feminine agreement.

Yes. Depending on context, جنب can mean:

• next to
• beside
• by

So the exact English wording can change a little depending on the situation. The core idea is that the two things are close to each other side-by-side.