شريط القياس والمقص في المشغل.

Because Arabic normally leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So:

• شريط القياس والمقص في المشغل = The measuring tape and the scissors are in the workshop

There is no separate word for are here. This is very normal in both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.

If you wanted a past meaning, then Arabic would use a verb, for example:

• كانوا في المشغل = They were in the workshop

Because شريط القياس is an iḍāfa construction, often called a noun-noun phrase or genitive construction.

It literally means something like:

• شريط = tape / strip
• القياس = the measuring / measurement

So together:

• شريط القياس = the measuring tape

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun usually does not take ال
• the second noun can take ال
• the whole phrase can still be definite

So شريط القياس already means the measuring tape, even though شريط itself does not have ال.

Yes. It is basically a literal Arabic expression:

• شريط = strip, tape
• قياس = measuring, measurement

So شريط القياس is literally measurement tape or measuring tape.

This is a very normal way Arabic builds compound-like meanings: it often uses two nouns together instead of one single compound word.

Because Arabic and English do not always group objects the same way.

In English, scissors is grammatically plural in form, even when talking about one tool:

• The scissors are on the table

In Arabic, مقص is a singular noun meaning a pair of scissors.

So:

• المقص = the scissors / the pair of scissors

That is completely normal. You should translate by meaning, not word-for-word grammar.

و means and.

So:

• شريط القياس = the measuring tape
• والمقص = and the scissors

Together:

• شريط القياس والمقص = the measuring tape and the scissors

Also note that the و is attached directly to the next word in writing. That is standard in Arabic.

Yes. It means that both the measuring tape and the scissors are in the workshop.

So the structure is:

• [شريط القياس والمقص] [في المشغل]
• [The measuring tape and the scissors] [are in the workshop]

Arabic does not need to repeat في before each noun unless you want extra emphasis or a different structure.

• في = in
• المشغل = the workshop / workroom / atelier

So:

• في المشغل = in the workshop

In Egyptian Arabic, مشغل can suggest a workroom, studio, sewing place, or workshop depending on context. Another very common Egyptian word for workshop is ورشة.

So in everyday Egyptian, you may also hear:

• في الورشة = in the workshop

Both are possible, but مشغل can sound a bit more like a specific workplace or workroom.

A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation would be roughly:

šerīṭ il-ʔiyās wel-meʔaṣṣ fil-mašghal

A few useful notes:

• ق is often pronounced as a glottal stop ʔ in Egyptian Arabic
• في + ال often becomes something like fil- in speech
• و before a word is often heard as we or wel-

So:

• القياس may sound like il-ʔiyās
• المقص may sound like el-meʔaṣṣ
• في المشغل may sound like fil-mašghal

You do not need to pronounce it exactly this way right away, but it helps to know what you may hear.

It is understandable and acceptable, but it looks a bit neutral/written rather than strongly colloquial.

Why?

• The structure itself is fine for Egyptian Arabic.
• But some word choices, especially القياس and المشغل, feel a little more formal or general.
• In very everyday Egyptian speech, someone might choose slightly more colloquial vocabulary.

For example, an Egyptian might also say something like:

• شريط القياس والمقص في الورشة

That said, the original sentence is still perfectly understandable to an Egyptian speaker.

Because normal Arabic writing usually leaves out short vowels and case endings.

So the sentence is written simply as:

• شريط القياس والمقص في المشغل

In everyday reading, native speakers understand the vowels from context.

This is especially true for Egyptian Arabic, where spoken language does not use the full case-ending system of Standard Arabic anyway. So as a learner, it is normal to see the sentence without extra marks.