الدرجة صح.

The temperature setting is correct.

Breakdown of الدرجة صح.

• صح: right
• الدرجة: the degree; temperature level

Questions & Answers about الدرجة صح.

How do you pronounce الدرجة صح in Egyptian Arabic?

A common pronunciation is ed-daraga saḥḥ.

A few notes:

• الـ often sounds like el- in Egyptian.
• But here the ل of الـ merges with the د in درجة, because د is a sun letter.
• So الدرجة is pronounced more like ed-daraga, with a doubled d sound.
• صح is commonly pronounced saḥḥ (an emphatic s plus a strong ḥ sound).

So the full sentence sounds roughly like:

ed-daraga saḥḥ

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Because in Arabic, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.

So:

• الدرجة صح literally looks like the grade correct
• but it means The grade is correct

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

Compare:

• البنت تعبانة = The girl is tired
• الجو حلو = The weather is nice
• الدرجة صح = The grade is correct

If you wanted was, will be, etc., then Arabic would use an actual verb.