الفرو نظيف.

The fur is clean.

Breakdown of الفرو نظيف.

• نظيف: clean
• فرو: the fur

Questions & Answers about الفرو نظيف.

How do I pronounce الفرو نظيف in Levantine Arabic?

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is roughly il-farw nḍīf or el-farw ndeef.

A few helpful notes:

• الـ is usually pronounced il- or el- in Levantine.
• In الفرو, the ل is pronounced clearly because ف is a moon letter.
• نظيف is often heard as nḍīf / ndeef in Levantine speech, while a more Standard-Arabic-style pronunciation is naẓīf.

If your pronunciation is a bit closer to Standard Arabic at first, that is completely fine.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Arabic usually does not use a present-tense verb for to be in simple sentences like this.

So:

• الفرو نظيف literally looks like the fur clean
• but it means the fur is clean

This is normal in both Levantine and Standard Arabic. English needs is, but Arabic usually leaves it out in the present tense.

Is this a full sentence, or just a noun plus an adjective?

It is a full sentence.

In Arabic, a sentence like this is called a nominal sentence:

• الفرو = the subject
• نظيف = the predicate / description

So the structure is:

• [noun] + [adjective/description]
• meaning [noun] is [adjective]