الطاولة بنص الغرفة.

A common Levantine pronunciation is eṭ-ṭāwle bnoṣṣ il-ghurfe.

Roughly:

• الطاولة → eṭ-ṭāwle
• بنص → bnoṣṣ or bi noṣṣ
• الغرفة → il-ghurfe

Exact pronunciation varies by region, but this is a very natural Levantine-style reading.

Because in Arabic, present-tense sentences like The table is in the middle of the room usually do not need a separate verb to be.

So Arabic says, literally, something like:

The table — in the middle of the room.

This is called a nominal sentence.
In the present tense, the idea of is is understood automatically.

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

• كانت الطاولة بنص الغرفة = The table was in the middle of the room

بنص means in the middle of or right in the middle of.

It is made from:

• بـ / ب = in / at
• نص = literally half, but very often middle in everyday speech

So بنص الغرفة means:

• in the middle of the room

In colloquial Arabic, نص often works like middle, not just half.

In writing, you will often see it as one word: بنص.

That is because the preposition بـ attaches directly to the following word. So:

• ب + نص → بنص

You may also hear it pronounced a little more separately, like bi noṣṣ, but writing it joined is completely normal.

Because بنص الغرفة means in the middle of the room, referring to a specific room.

The phrase نص الغرفة is a kind of construct phrase called iḍāfa:

• نص = middle
• الغرفة = the room

Together: the middle of the room

In Arabic, when the second noun is definite, the whole phrase becomes definite in meaning.

So:

• نص الغرفة = the middle of the room
• نص غرفة = the middle of a room or middle of a room

Because ط is a sun letter.

With sun letters, the ل of الـ is not pronounced separately. Instead, the following consonant is doubled.

So:

• ال + طاولة becomes pronounced:
• eṭ-ṭāwle / aṭ-ṭāwle

This is a very important pronunciation rule in Arabic:

• written: الطاولة
• pronounced: eṭ-ṭāwle

By contrast, in الغرفة, غ is not a sun letter, so the l sound remains:

• il-ghurfe

Because in Levantine Arabic, the feminine ending ـة is often pronounced -e or sometimes -a, depending on the dialect and the word.

So:

• طاولة becomes ṭāwle
• غرفة becomes ghurfe

This is one of the things that makes spoken Levantine sound different from Modern Standard Arabic.

Also, spoken Levantine does not use the case endings that learners may see in formal Arabic grammar, so the words sound shorter and smoother.

Yes, you can. Both are understandable, and both are used.

For example:

• الطاولة بنص الغرفة
• الطاولة في نص الغرفة

Both mean essentially the same thing: The table is in the middle of the room.

In Levantine, بنص is very common and feels compact and natural in speech.
Using في نص is also clear and common, though بنص often sounds a bit more idiomatic in everyday colloquial speech.

Yes, but the original order is the most neutral and straightforward:

• الطاولة بنص الغرفة = The table is in the middle of the room

If you move the location phrase to the front, you add emphasis to the place:

• بنص الغرفة الطاولة

That kind of order is less neutral and more marked. It can sound poetic, contrastive, or context-driven.

So for a learner, the safest everyday pattern is:

• noun + location phrase

It is clearly colloquial/Levantine-style.

Clues include:

• the spoken-style wording بنص
• the expected Levantine pronunciation eṭ-ṭāwle, il-ghurfe
• the lack of formal endings

In Modern Standard Arabic, you would more likely see something like:

• الطاولة في وسط الغرفة
• الطاولة في منتصف الغرفة

A Levantine speaker would very naturally say:

• الطاولة بنص الغرفة

So this sentence is great for everyday spoken Arabic.