الرف التاني في الصالة عليه كتاب وصورة.

The other shelf in the living room has a book and a picture on it.

Breakdown of الرف التاني في الصالة عليه كتاب وصورة.

• ال: the
• كتاب: book
• في: in
• و: and

Questions & Answers about الرف التاني في الصالة عليه كتاب وصورة.

How do you pronounce the whole sentence?

A natural Egyptian Arabic pronunciation is:

ir-raff it-tāni fis-sāla ʿalēh kitāb w ṣūra

A rough breakdown:

• الرف → ir-raff
• التاني → it-tāni
• في الصالة → fis-sāla
• عليه → ʿalēh
• كتاب → kitāb
• وصورة → w ṣūra

A more literal rhythm would be something like:

ir-raff it-tāni fis-sāla ʿalēh kitāb u ṣūra

What does التاني mean here?

التاني means the second here.

So:

• الرف = the shelf
• التاني = the second

Together, الرف التاني = the second shelf

In Egyptian Arabic, التاني is the normal everyday form. In Modern Standard Arabic, you would usually see الثاني instead.

Also, in some contexts التاني can mean the other one, but in this sentence it clearly means the second.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?