التغيير مهم.

The change is important.

Breakdown of التغيير مهم.

• مهم: important
• تغيير: change

Questions & Answers about التغيير مهم.

How do you pronounce التغيير مهم in Levantine Arabic?

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is:

it-taghyīr مهمّ
or written more learner-friendly: it-tagh-yeer mu-hemm

A few pronunciation notes:

• التغيير is spelled with الـ, but because the next letter is ت, the ل sound assimilates. So you hear it- or et-, not al-.
• غ sounds like a French or Parisian r, or a gargly gh sound.
• يي gives a long ee sound: -yeer
• مهم is usually pronounced muhemm or muhimm, depending on the speaker.

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like it-taghyeer muhemm.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually omitted in simple statements like this.

So:

• التغيير مهم = Change is important

There is no separate word for is in the present tense here.

This is very normal in both Standard Arabic and spoken Levantine.

If you wanted past or future, then Arabic would use a verb:

• كان التغيير مهم = Change was important
• رح يكون التغيير مهم = Change will be important

But in the present, no is is needed.