Word
اسلوب الرسام متل اسلوب الفنان التقليدي.
Meaning
The painter's style is like the traditional artist's style.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of اسلوب الرسام متل اسلوب الفنان التقليدي.
متل
like
فنانfannân
the artist
رسامrassâm
the painter
اسلوبuslûb
the style
Questions & Answers about اسلوب الرسام متل اسلوب الفنان التقليدي.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Levantine Arabic, as in Arabic generally, the present tense of to be is usually not spoken in simple sentences like this.
So:
- اسلوب الرسام متل اسلوب الفنان التقليدي
- literally: the painter’s style like the traditional artist’s style
- natural English: The painter’s style is like the traditional artist’s style
This is called a nominal sentence. In the present tense, Arabic often just puts the two parts next to each other without a separate word for is.
If you wanted was or will be, then Arabic would normally use an actual verb.
What does متل mean?
متل means like or similar to in Levantine Arabic.
So here:
- متل = like
- اسلوب الرسام متل اسلوب الفنان التقليدي = The painter’s style is like the traditional artist’s style
A very close equivalent in more formal Arabic is مثل. In Levantine speech, متل is extremely common.
Why is اسلوب written without ال in اسلوب الرسام if the meaning is the painter’s style?
Because this is a possessive/construct phrase called an iḍāfa.