القميص زهري.

The shirt is pink.

Breakdown of القميص زهري.

• قميص: shirt
• زهري: pink

Questions & Answers about القميص زهري.

How do I pronounce القميص زهري in Levantine?

A common Levantine pronunciation is il-ʔamīṣ zahri or l-ʔamīṣ zahri.

• Many urban Levantine speakers pronounce ق as a glottal stop ʔ, so قميص sounds like ʔamīṣ.
• Some speakers keep q, especially in more formal speech or in certain regional accents, so you may also hear il-qamīṣ zahri.
• زهري is usually pronounced zahri.

So the spelling stays the same, but the spoken pronunciation can vary by region and speaker.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because in Arabic, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• القميص زهري = The shirt is pink

This is completely normal. You do not need a separate word for is here.

If you want past or future, then you do use a verb, for example:

• القميص كان زهري = The shirt was pink
• القميص رح يكون زهري = The shirt will be pink

Why does القميص have الـ but زهري does not?

Because القميص is the subject, the shirt, and زهري is the predicate, pink.