صالة العرض كبيرة.

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...

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

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

This is an iḍāfa structure, often called a genitive construction or noun-noun possessive structure.

Pattern:

• صالة = hall / lounge / salon
• العرض = the display / the showing / the exhibition

Together:

• صالة العرض = the display hall / showroom

In Arabic, this kind of structure often replaces English of:

• باب البيت = the door of the house
• صالة العرض = the hall of the display

Because صالة ends in ة (called tāʾ marbūṭa).

In Levantine, when a word ending in ة is said by itself, it usually sounds like -e or -a:

• صالة → ṣāle

But when it is followed directly by another noun in an iḍāfa construction, the t sound appears:

• صالة العرض → ṣālet l-ʿarḍ

So this is completely normal:

• alone: صالة
• in iḍāfa: صالة العرض

The same thing happens in many other words:

• سيارة = sayyāra
• سيارة الأستاذ = sayyārit l-ustāz

Because صالة is a feminine noun, and adjectives must agree with the noun they describe.

So:

• صالة = feminine
• therefore كبيرة = feminine form of big

Compare:

• بيت كبير = a big house / the house is big
• صالة كبيرة = a big hall
• صالة العرض كبيرة = the showroom is big

In Levantine pronunciation:

• masculine: kbīr
• feminine: kbīre

Because in صالة العرض كبيرة, كبيرة is the predicate: it tells you something about the subject.

So the sentence means:

• The showroom is big

In this kind of sentence, the describing word is usually indefinite, so you do not add ال.

Compare these two:

1. صالة العرض كبيرة

   • The showroom is big
   • full sentence

2. صالة العرض الكبيرة

   • the big showroom
   • just a noun phrase, not a complete sentence by itself

So:

• كبيرة = predicate adjective
• الكبيرة = attributive adjective inside a noun phrase

This is an important distinction.

صالة العرض كبيرة

• complete sentence
• means The showroom is big

صالة العرض الكبيرة

• noun phrase only
• means the big showroom

In other words:

• without ال on the adjective: it usually functions as is big
• with ال on the adjective: it usually functions as the big...

This is one of the most useful patterns to learn in Arabic.

Yes, but the normal neutral order here is:

• صالة العرض كبيرة

This starts with the thing you are talking about, then gives information about it.

You might hear reversed order for emphasis in some contexts:

• كبيرة صالة العرض

but that is much less neutral and can sound marked, literary, or context-dependent.

For everyday learning, use:

• صالة العرض كبيرة

In Levantine, the definite article ال is usually pronounced il- or just l- depending on the word before it.

So العرض is often pronounced:

• il-ʿarḍ or, after another word,
• l-ʿarḍ

That is why صالة العرض often sounds like:

• ṣālet l-ʿarḍ

Also, ع is not a sun letter, so the l of the article stays pronounced. It does not assimilate.

The written form works perfectly well as standard written Arabic, and it is also the kind of sentence a Levantine speaker would easily understand and say.

What changes most in Levantine is the pronunciation, not the basic structure:

• written: صالة العرض كبيرة
• Levantine pronunciation: ṣālet l-ʿarḍ kbīre

So this is a good example of a sentence that looks standard in writing but sounds dialectal when spoken.

A very common Levantine negative is:

• صالة العرض مو كبيرة
• ṣālet l-ʿarḍ mū kbīre

This means:

• The showroom is not big

In many Levantine varieties, مو is the usual way to negate a non-verbal sentence like this one.