المنحوتة متل شجرة.

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Breakdown of المنحوتة متل شجرة.

• شجرة: tree
• منحوتة: the sculpture

Questions & Answers about المنحوتة متل شجرة.

How do you pronounce المنحوتة متل شجرة in Levantine Arabic?

A common Levantine pronunciation is:

il-manḥūte mitl shajra

A few notes:

• الـ is often pronounced il- or el-
• منحوتة sounds like manḥūte
• متل sounds like mitl
• شجرة is commonly pronounced shajra in Levantine, not shajara as in more formal Arabic

So the whole sentence flows roughly like:

il-manḥūte mitl shajra

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Levantine Arabic, as in Arabic generally, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So instead of saying:

• The sculpture is like a tree

Arabic simply says:

• المنحوتة متل شجرة

This is completely normal. The idea of is is understood automatically.

If you wanted past or future, then a verb can appear, for example with كان for was.

What does متل mean here?

متل means like or similar to in Levantine Arabic.

So:

• متل شجرة = like a tree