صالة العرض كبيرة.

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Breakdown of صالة العرض كبيرة.

• صالة عرض: the exhibition gallery

Questions & Answers about صالة العرض كبيرة.

How do you pronounce صالة العرض كبيرة in Levantine?

A common Levantine pronunciation is:

ṣālet l-ʿarḍ kbīre

You may also hear something close to:

ṣālit il-ʿarḍ kbīre

A few useful notes:

• ص = an emphatic s
• ع = the Arabic sound ʿayn, made in the throat
• كبيرة is usually pronounced kbīre in Levantine, not kabīra as in careful MSA-style pronunciation
• صالة often sounds like ṣāle, but before another noun in this phrase it becomes ṣālet...

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Because in Arabic, present-tense sentences like X is big usually do not use a verb equivalent to is.

So:

• صالة العرض كبيرة = The showroom is big

This is called a nominal sentence. Arabic simply puts the subject and the description next to each other.

If you wanted the past tense, then you would use a verb:

• صالة العرض كانت كبيرة = The showroom was big

Is صالة العرض one unit? What kind of structure is it?

Yes. صالة العرض is a single noun phrase meaning something like the showroom or literally the hall of display.