الطاولة بنية.

Because in Levantine Arabic, the present-tense to be is usually not said in simple sentences like this.

So الطاولة بنية is a complete sentence by itself.

Compare:

• الطاولة بنية = present tense
• كانت الطاولة بنية = the table was brown

This is very normal in Arabic and is one of the first differences English speakers notice.

In Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• طاولة بنية = a brown table
• not the other way around

In your sentence, the order is still noun first, then adjective:

• الطاولة = the subject
• بنية = the description/predicate

That noun-first pattern is the normal one here.

Because طاولة is a feminine noun, and the adjective has to agree with it.

So:

• masculine: بني
• feminine: بنية

Arabic adjectives usually match the noun in gender and number.

For example:

• الكرسي بني = the chair is brown
• الطاولة بنية = the table is brown

Even if an object is not biologically female, the noun can still be grammatically feminine.

Because this sentence is using بنية as the predicate: it tells you what the table is like.

So:

• الطاولة بنية = the table is brown

But if you put ال on the adjective:

• الطاولة البنية

that becomes a noun phrase, meaning:

• the brown table

So the difference is:

• الطاولة بنية = a full sentence
• الطاولة البنية = just a phrase

This is a very important Arabic pattern.

In careful/formal reading, it is something like aṭ-ṭāwila.

In Levantine speech, it is often closer to eṭ-ṭāwle.

Two useful things are happening here:

1. ال is often pronounced more like el-/il- in Levantine.
2. The letter ط is a sun letter, so the l sound in ال blends into it.

That is why learners hear something like eṭ-ṭ... rather than a clear al-ṭ....

The basic structure is the same, and the spelling can also be the same:

• الطاولة بنية

What changes most is the pronunciation.

In Standard Arabic, you would hear something more formal. In Levantine, the same sentence sounds more colloquial, with Levantine pronunciation and without case endings.

So yes, this sentence works well for a Levantine learner, even though the spelling also looks standard.

The ة usually marks a feminine form.

In this sentence:

• الطاولة is a feminine noun
• بنية is the feminine form of the adjective

So the ة is one of the signals telling you the words are feminine.

For an English speaker, the key idea is: Arabic often marks feminine nouns and adjectives visibly in the spelling.

Yes, but it usually means something different.

• طاولة بنية = a brown table
  This is a noun phrase.
• الطاولة بنية = the table is brown
  This is a full sentence.

So if you remove ال from the noun, you usually stop making a complete statement about the table and instead describe a table.

That distinction is very important in Arabic.