التبني مهم.

Adoption is important.

Breakdown of التبني مهم.

• مهم: important
• تبني: the adoption

Questions & Answers about التبني مهم.

How would I pronounce التبني مهم in Levantine Arabic?

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is:

it-tabannī mhimm
or
et-tabannī mhimm

A few notes:

• الـ often sounds like il-/it-/el-/et- in Levantine, depending on region and surrounding sounds.
• In التبني, the ل of الـ is not pronounced because ت is a sun letter. So you hear something like it-tabannī, not il-tabannī.
• مهم in Levantine is often pronounced mhimm or mhemm, rather than the more careful Standard Arabic muhimm.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Because Arabic usually leaves out the present-tense verb to be.

So:

• التبني مهم
• literally: adoption important
• natural meaning: Adoption is important

This is very normal in both Standard Arabic and Levantine.

If you wanted was, you would usually add a verb, for example:

• كان التبني مهم = Adoption was important

What does التبني mean grammatically?

التبني is a noun, specifically a (often called a ).