الجواب مزبوط.

The answer is correct.

Breakdown of الجواب مزبوط.

• مزبوط: correct
• جواب: answer

Questions & Answers about الجواب مزبوط.

How do you pronounce الجواب مزبوط in Levantine?

A common pronunciation is il-jawāb mazbūṭ or el-jawāb mazbūṭ, depending on the speaker.

A few useful notes:

• الـ here is pronounced clearly because ج is a moon letter, so the l does not assimilate.
• جواب sounds like ja-WAAB.
• مزبوط sounds like maz-BOOT.
• The final ط is a heavier, emphatic t sound.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Because in Arabic, especially in the present tense, sentences like this usually do not use a separate word for is.

So:

• الجواب مزبوط = The answer is correct

This is called a nominal sentence. The verb to be is understood in the present tense.

If you wanted past tense, you would use a verb, for example:

• الجواب كان مزبوط = The answer was correct

What does each word mean by itself?

• الجواب = the answer / the reply
• مزبوط = correct, right, accurate,