الشراشف نظيفة.

The bedsheets are clean.

Breakdown of الشراشف نظيفة.

• نظيف: clean
• شراشف: the bedsheets

Questions & Answers about الشراشف نظيفة.

How do I pronounce الشراشف نظيفة in Levantine?

A broad Levantine pronunciation is:

ish-sharāshef nḍīfe

A few notes:

• ال before ش does not sound like al here. Because ش is a “sun letter,” the l sound assimilates, so you hear something like ish-sh... or esh-sh... depending on region.
• نظيفة is usually pronounced nḍīfe in Levantine.
• The final ة in نظيفة is typically pronounced -e in pause, not -a.

Regional pronunciation can vary a bit, so don’t worry if you hear slightly different vowels.

Why is there no word for are in this sentence?

Because in Arabic, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the present tense.

So a sentence like:

الشراشف نظيفة

literally looks like:

the sheets clean

but it naturally means the sheets are clean.

This is very normal in both Standard Arabic and Levantine.
If you wanted a past or future meaning, then Arabic would use a verb.

What does ال mean in الشراشف?

ال is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• = sheets