العربية كبيرة.

A common Egyptian-style pronunciation is el-ʿarabeyya kebīra.

A few helpful notes:

• ال is usually pronounced el- in Egyptian, not al-.
• كبيرة is often kebīra in Egyptian, while in Standard Arabic it is more like kabīra.
• The sound ع in العربية is the deep throat consonant often written ʿ in transliteration.

If you are learning both Egyptian and Standard Arabic, you may also see a more Standard-style pronunciation like al-ʿarabiyya kabīra.

Because Arabic normally leaves out the present-tense to be in simple sentences like this.

So:

• العربية كبيرة
• literally: Arabic big
• natural English: Arabic is big

This is completely normal in both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.

If you want past or future, Arabic usually does use other words or verbs. But in the present tense, a sentence like this often has no separate word for is.

Because العربية is feminine here, so the adjective has to match it.

A very common way to understand this is that العربية is short for:

• اللغة العربية = the Arabic language

Since لغة is feminine, the adjective is also feminine:

• كبيرة = feminine
• كبير = masculine

So the agreement is:

• العربية كبيرة
• not العربية كبير

That letter is called taa marbūṭa: ة.

It very often marks a feminine singular word.

In this sentence:

• العربية is feminine
• كبيرة is also feminine to agree with it

In normal pause, ة is usually pronounced like -a or -ah.
That is why you hear:

• ʿarabeyya
• kebīra

In some grammar situations, especially in careful Standard Arabic, it can sound like -t, but not in the simple paused pronunciation here.

Because Arabic normally puts this kind of describing word after the noun or subject.

In this sentence, كبيرة is the predicate: it tells you something about العربية.

So the basic pattern is:

• subject + description
• العربية + كبيرة

This feels normal in Arabic.

Also, even when an adjective directly modifies a noun, Arabic usually puts the adjective after the noun, not before it.

Because العربية كبيرة and العربية الكبيرة are two different structures.

1) العربية كبيرة

This is a full sentence:

• Arabic is big

Here, كبيرة is the predicate, so it does not take ال.

2) العربية الكبيرة

This is a noun phrase, not a full sentence by itself:

• the big Arabic one
• or possibly the big Arabic language, depending on context

Here, الكبيرة is an adjective attached directly to a definite noun, so it matches in definiteness and takes ال.

So:

• العربية كبيرة = a statement
• العربية الكبيرة = a phrase

Yes. In Egyptian Arabic, العربية very commonly means the car.

So العربية كبيرة could also mean:

• The car is big

That is a very important Egyptian-Arabic point.

If your lesson says the meaning is about the language, then the context is telling you that العربية here means Arabic or the Arabic language. But in everyday Egyptian conversation, many people would first think of car unless the context clearly points to language.

As written, it can be understood in both, but it feels more natural as a Standard Arabic-style sentence about the language.

Why?

Because in everyday Egyptian:

• العربية often means car
• speakers may use other wording when talking about the Arabic language, depending on context

Still, an Egyptian speaker will understand العربية كبيرة. The main differences are usually:

• pronunciation
• context
• what meaning العربية suggests first

So you can think of it like this:

• Spelling: works in both
• Pronunciation: changes in Egyptian
• Usage: may feel a bit more formal or context-dependent if you mean the language

In Egyptian Arabic, you would usually say:

• العربية مش كبيرة

That means:

• Arabic isn’t big
• or The car isn’t big, depending on context

The word مش is the normal Egyptian way to negate this kind of sentence.

If you were using Standard Arabic instead, a common version would be:

• العربية ليست كبيرة

Not always.

Literally, كبيرة means big or large, but depending on context it can also feel more figurative, such as:

• major
• important
• extensive

With something like a language, English often prefers a more specific idea such as important, widely used, or major, even if Arabic uses the basic word big.

So the exact nuance depends on the context you were given.