الكلب بني.

The dog is brown.

Breakdown of الكلب بني.

• كلب: dog
• بني: brown

Questions & Answers about الكلب بني.

How do I pronounce الكلب بني in Levantine Arabic?

A common Levantine pronunciation is il-kalb bunni or el-kalb bunni.

• الكلب → il-kalb / el-kalb
• بني → bunni

A few helpful notes:

• الـ is usually pronounced il- or el- in Levantine, not al- as in careful Standard Arabic.
• The u sound in bunni is short.
• The final i in بني is pronounced, so it is not just bunn.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because in Arabic, present-tense sentences like the dog is brown usually do not use a separate word for is.

So:

• الكلب بني = The dog is brown

This is very normal in Levantine and in Arabic generally.
If you want was, will be, and so on, then Arabic does use extra words:

• الكلب كان بني = The dog was brown

Why does الكلب have الـ, but بني does not?

This is one of the most important patterns in Arabic.

• = → definite