النتيجة تعادل.

The result is a draw.

Breakdown of النتيجة تعادل.

• نتيجة: result
• تعادل: the draw; tie

Questions & Answers about النتيجة تعادل.

How do I pronounce النتيجة تعادل in Levantine?

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is:

en-natīje taʿādol
or more carefully: il-natīja taʿādul

A few notes:

• النتيجة is usually pronounced something like en-natīje in Levantine.
• The ل in الـ assimilates to the ن, so you hear en-, not al-.
• The ة at the end of النتيجة is usually pronounced -e in Levantine speech.
• تعادل contains the letter ع, which is the deep throat sound ʿ. That is often the hardest part for English speakers.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Arabic normally leaves out the present-tense to be.

So where English says:

• The result is a tie

Arabic can simply say:

• النتيجة تعادل

This is a very common pattern in both Standard Arabic and spoken Arabic: a noun is followed directly by another noun or adjective, with no separate word for is in the present tense.

What part of speech is تعادل here? Is it a verb or a noun?

Here, تعادل is best understood as a noun, meaning a tie / a draw.

So the structure is basically: