الفطور شامل بالحجز.

breakfast

Breakdown of الفطور شامل بالحجز.

• حجز: reservation
• شامل: included; comprehensive

Questions & Answers about الفطور شامل بالحجز.

What does الفطور mean here? Is that the usual Levantine word for breakfast?

Yes. الفطور means the breakfast, and in this kind of hotel or booking context it simply means breakfast as a service or meal included with your stay.

In Levantine, فطور is the normal everyday word for breakfast. A more formal or Standard Arabic version is إفطار, but in spoken Levantine فطور is much more common.

So:

• فطور = breakfast
• الفطور = the breakfast / breakfast

In English we often say just breakfast, but Arabic often uses الـ even where English would not.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

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

So:

• الفطور شامل بالحجز literally looks like:
• the breakfast included with-the-booking

But the natural English meaning is:

• Breakfast is included in the booking
• Breakfast is included with the reservation

This is called a nominal sentence. In present-time statements, Arabic normally does not use a separate word for is.

What does شامل mean in this sentence?