الجناح بالطابق التاني.

The suite is on the second floor.

Breakdown of الجناح بالطابق التاني.

• طابق: floor
• تاني: second
• جناح: the hotel suite

Questions & Answers about الجناح بالطابق التاني.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

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

So الجناح بالطابق التاني literally looks like the suite/wing on the second floor, but it naturally means the suite/wing is on the second floor.

This is very normal in Arabic. If you wanted was, you would use a verb such as كان.

What does بـ in بالطابق mean?

Here بـ means something like in / on / at, depending on the context.

So:

• بالطابق = in the floor literally
• but in natural English, we say on the floor

This is a good reminder that Arabic and English prepositions do not match word-for-word. In Levantine, بـ is very commonly used for location.

Why does Arabic say الطابق التاني instead of putting second before floor?

Because in Arabic, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• الطابق = the floor
• التاني = the second

Literally: the floor the second

That is the normal Arabic order.