كل الكتب بالخزانة.

A common Levantine-style pronunciation would be:

kell il-ktob bil-khizāne

A few notes:

• كل is often pronounced kell
• الكتب is often pronounced il-ktob in Levantine
• بالخزانة is bil-khizāne
• The kh sound in khizāne is the throaty sound you hear in Scottish loch or German Bach

Depending on the country or speaker, you may hear small differences, but this is a very natural Levantine reading.

Because in Arabic, especially in the present tense, you usually do not use a verb like is/are in simple equational sentences.

So English says:

All the books are in the cabinet.

But Arabic simply says:

All the books in the cabinet.

That is completely normal. The idea of are is understood automatically.

If you wanted past or future, then Arabic would use other forms, but in a present-time statement like this, no separate word for are is needed.

كل means all or every, depending on context.

In this sentence, كل الكتب means all the books.

Even though كل does not look plural, that is normal. Arabic uses كل as a word meaning all of before a noun. So:

• كل كتاب = every book / each book
• كل الكتب = all the books

So you do not need a special plural form of كل here.

Because الكتب is definite: it means the books.

When you say كل الكتب, you are saying all the books, meaning a specific set of books.

Compare:

• كل كتب = all books / every kind of books in a more general or less natural context
• كل الكتب = all the books

In everyday usage, كل + definite noun is very common when talking about a known group.

الكتب means the books.

Its singular is:

• كتاب = book

Its plural is:

• كتب = books

This is a broken plural, which means Arabic changes the inside shape of the word instead of just adding a regular ending.

Then adding ال gives:

• الكتب = the books

In Levantine pronunciation, this is often said as il-ktob.

Here بـ means in.

So:

• الخزانة = the cabinet / cupboard / closet / bookcase
• بالخزانة = in the cabinet / in the cupboard / in the bookcase

In Levantine Arabic, بـ is a very common preposition and can have several meanings depending on context, such as in, with, at, or by. In this sentence, the meaning is clearly in.

الخزانة can mean several related things depending on context, such as:

• cabinet
• cupboard
• closet
• bookcase

So the exact English translation depends on the situation.

If we are talking about books, many learners would understand it as something like:

• the bookcase
• the cabinet
• the cupboard

Context tells you which is most natural.

Because both nouns are definite.

• الكتب = the books
• الخزانة = the cabinet/bookcase

So the full sentence is talking about specific books and a specific place.

In Levantine, ال is often pronounced il- or el-, so you may hear:

• il-ktob
• il-khizāne

It is understandable and works well in Levantine, especially in writing or clear speech.

A Levantine speaker might pronounce it in a more colloquial way, such as:

kell il-ktob bil-khizāne

That said, the structure itself is very natural in both Standard Arabic and Levantine:
all the books + in the cabinet/bookcase

So this is a good sentence to learn because the grammar carries over nicely.

Yes, but كل الكتب بالخزانة is a very normal and straightforward order.

You could also hear something like:

بالخزانة كل الكتب

But that usually changes the emphasis, almost like:

In the cabinet are all the books
or
It’s in the cabinet that all the books are

For a learner, كل الكتب بالخزانة is the simplest and best neutral order.

Because كل usually does not take ال in this kind of structure.

Arabic says:

• كل الكتب = all the books

not usually:

• الكل الكتب

So كل functions like a quantifier here, and the definiteness is shown on the noun after it: الكتب.

Yes, الخزانة is grammatically feminine, and the ending ـة is a strong clue.

In this sentence, it does not change much, because the sentence has no adjective or verb that needs to show feminine agreement.

But if you added an adjective, the adjective would be feminine too. For example:

• الخزانة الكبيرة = the big cabinet/bookcase

So yes, it is feminine, but in this short sentence that fact is mostly just part of the noun itself.