قبل الزيارة، رتبت الغرفة وكنست الارض.

Because Arabic verbs usually already include the subject. In رتبت and كنست, the verb form itself tells you who did the action, so أنا is not necessary.

If you want extra emphasis, you can add it:

أنا رتبت الغرفة وكنست الأرض.

That would sound like I arranged the room and swept the floor.

They are past-tense verb forms. In this sentence, they are understood as first-person singular: I arranged and I swept.

The base verbs are:

• رتّب = to arrange / organize
• كنس = to sweep

Then the past form with -ت gives the meaning I did:

• رتبت = I arranged
• كنست = I swept

Yes, in normal Arabic writing without full vowels, رتبت can be ambiguous. The same written form may be understood as I arranged or she arranged, depending on context.

That is very common in Arabic. Usually the surrounding context makes it clear. Since the meaning has already been given to the learner here, you understand it as I arranged.

The more careful spelling is رتّبت, with a shadda on the middle ت. That shadda shows the consonant is doubled.

This is because the verb comes from Form II:

• رتّب = to arrange / put in order

In everyday typing, people often leave out diacritics, including the shadda, so رتبت is very common in informal writing.

It literally means before the visit.

• قبل = before
• الزيارة = the visit

So the sentence starts with a time expression: Before the visit...

This is very natural in Arabic, just like in English.

Yes. You could also say:

رتبت الغرفة وكنست الأرض قبل الزيارة.

That means the same thing. Starting with قبل الزيارة simply puts the time frame first and gives it a little more emphasis.

The ال- makes the noun definite, so الزيارة means the visit, not just a visit.

Also, ز is a sun letter, so the ل of ال- is not fully pronounced. In speech, it sounds more like:

az-ziyāra or iz-ziyāra

rather than al-ziyāra.

So the spelling stays الزيارة, but the pronunciation changes.

Because the sentence means the room and the floor, not a room and a floor.

Arabic uses ال- to mark that definiteness:

• الغرفة = the room
• الأرض = the floor / ground

This usually suggests a specific room and floor that are understood from the situation.

The standard spelling is الأرض, with a hamza.

In informal typing, many people leave the hamza out and write الارض. Both refer to the same word, but الأرض is the standard spelling.

So in careful writing:

• الأرض = standard

In casual online writing:

• الارض = very common

Yes. It is a very normal and straightforward expression.

• كنس = to sweep
• كنست الأرض = I swept the floor / ground

Depending on context, أرض can mean ground, earth, or floor, but here floor is the natural meaning.

It is understandable in Levantine, but it looks a bit more neutral/formal written Arabic than very casual everyday speech.

A Levantine speaker would have no problem with it, but in spontaneous speech, pronunciation and sometimes vocabulary may differ by region. For example:

• قبل may be pronounced differently
• some speakers may use a different everyday word for room

So the sentence is fine, but it has a slightly written, standard feel.

That depends on the region.

The word is spelled قبل, but the ق can sound different in Levantine dialects:

• 'abl / 'abel in many urban varieties
• qabl / qabel in some varieties
• gabl / gabel in others

So the spelling stays the same, but the pronunciation changes by dialect.

Because و simply means and. Arabic often links actions this way without needing an extra word like then.

So:

• رتبت الغرفة = I arranged the room
• وكنست الأرض = and swept the floor

Together they naturally describe two completed actions.

Not for the two main verbs in this sentence. The verbs رتبت and كنست agree with the hidden subject I, not with the objects.

But the nouns themselves are feminine, which matters if you describe them with adjectives:

• الغرفة مرتبة = the room is tidy
• الأرض نظيفة = the floor is clean

So yes, their gender matters in Arabic, just not in the main verb forms here.