الستارة جديدة، والسجادة تحت الكنباية.

In Levantine Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually not said.

So:

• الستارة جديدة = The curtain is new
• السجادة تحت الكنباية = The rug is under the couch

This is very normal in Arabic. These are called nominal sentences.

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

• كانت الستارة جديدة = The curtain was new
• رح تكون الستارة جديدة = The curtain will be new

So in the present, leaving out is is exactly what you should expect.

Because الستارة is a feminine singular noun, and the adjective has to match it.

• ستارة = feminine
• so new must be feminine too: جديدة

Compare:

• الكتاب جديد = The book is new
• الستارة جديدة = The curtain is new

This kind of agreement is very important in Arabic:

• masculine noun → masculine adjective
• feminine noun → feminine adjective

Because الستارة جديدة and الستارة الجديدة mean different things.

• الستارة جديدة = The curtain is new

  • this is a full sentence
  • جديدة is the predicate adjective

• الستارة الجديدة = the new curtain

  • this is just a noun phrase, not a full sentence by itself
  • both words are definite

This is a very common thing English speakers ask about. In Arabic:

• if the adjective is part of the noun phrase, it usually matches in definiteness
• if the adjective is the predicate in a sentence, it is usually indefinite

So here, جديدة is correct because the meaning is The curtain is new, not the new curtain.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to the.

So:

• ستارة = a curtain / curtain
• الستارة = the curtain
• سجادة = a rug / rug
• السجادة = the rug

But there is also a pronunciation detail here:

Both س words take what Arabic learners call sun-letter assimilation. That means the l sound in الـ is not clearly pronounced.

So these are pronounced more like:

• الستارة → es-setāra
• السجادة → es-sajjāde

But:

• الكنباية begins with ك, which is a moon letter
• so the l is kept: el-/il-kanbāye

So the article is always written الـ, but its pronunciation changes depending on the next letter.

A broad Levantine-style pronunciation would be something like:

es-setāra jdīde, wes-sajjāde taḥt el-kanbāye.

A few notes:

• الستارة → es-setāra
• جديدة → jdīde
• والسجادة → wes-sajjāde
• تحت → taḥt
• الكنباية → el-kanbāye

Regional pronunciation varies, of course, but this gives you a natural Levantine feel.

تحت means under / underneath.

It is a preposition, so the phrase:

• تحت الكنباية = under the couch

In the sentence السجادة تحت الكنباية, this whole prepositional phrase describes location:

• The rug is under the couch

So the structure is:

• السجادة = the subject
• تحت الكنباية = the location phrase / predicate

الكنباية means the couch / the sofa.

It is a common Levantine household word, though forms can vary by region. You may also hear:

• كنباية
• كنبة

Both refer to a couch/sofa, depending on the speaker and area.

So if you see تحت الكنباية, just understand it as under the couch.

The ending ـة is called tāʾ marbūṭa. In many cases it marks a feminine noun or adjective.

In this sentence you have:

• الستارة
• السجادة
• جديدة
• الكنباية

In Levantine, this ending is often pronounced like -e or sometimes -a, depending on the dialect and word.

So you may hear:

• sajjāde
• jdīde
• kanbāye

A very useful rule for beginners:

• when you see ـة, think of it as a feminine ending
• in everyday Levantine pronunciation, it often sounds like -e

The و means and.

Arabic often attaches short words directly to the following word in writing, so:

• و + السجادة → والسجادة

This is completely normal. It does not change the meaning of السجادة itself. It just joins the two clauses:

• الستارة جديدة
• والسجادة تحت الكنباية

So the full sentence is simply:

• The curtain is new, and the rug is under the couch.

The order here is the most neutral and natural one:

• الستارة جديدة
• السجادة تحت الكنباية

That is:

• noun + predicate
• noun + location phrase

You can sometimes move things around for emphasis, especially in speech, but for a learner, this is the safest pattern to use.

For example, تحت الكنباية السجادة would sound marked or poetic in many contexts, not like the normal beginner pattern.

So as a rule, stick with:

• subject first
• then adjective or location phrase

This sentence is best understood as Levantine-style everyday Arabic, though some of the words are also close to forms you may know from Standard Arabic.

For example:

• الستارة and السجادة are easy to recognize across varieties
• الكنباية is more clearly a colloquial Levantine household word
• جديدة is also very familiar across Arabic varieties, though pronunciation changes

So this is a good example of a sentence that feels natural for spoken Levantine, even if parts of it look familiar to learners who have seen Modern Standard Arabic.