الاضاءة قوية.

The lighting is strong.

Breakdown of الاضاءة قوية.

• قوي: strong
• اضاءة: the lighting

Questions & Answers about الاضاءة قوية.

How do you pronounce الاضاءة قوية in Levantine Arabic?

A careful pronunciation would be something like il-iDAA'a 'awiyye.

A few notes:

• الإضاءة is the more standard spelling, and it sounds roughly like il-iDAA-a with a small catch in the throat before the last vowel.
• قوية in many Levantine accents is pronounced 'awiyye, because ق is often pronounced as a glottal stop ' rather than a hard q sound.
• So the full sentence is roughly: il-iDAA'a 'awiyye.

If you learned Standard Arabic pronunciation, you may also hear al-iDaa'a qawiyya.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Arabic usually leaves out is/am/are in the present tense.

So:

• الاضاءة قوية literally looks like the lighting strong
• but it means The lighting is strong

This is very normal in both Standard Arabic and Levantine-style Arabic sentences of this type.

If you want the past tense, then a form of كان is used:

• الاضاءة كانت قوية = The lighting was strong

Why does the adjective قوية come after the noun?