اللاعب مرر الطابة.

The player passed the ball.

Breakdown of اللاعب مرر الطابة.

• لاعب: the player
• طابة: the ball
• مرر: to pass (a ball)

Questions & Answers about اللاعب مرر الطابة.

How do I pronounce this sentence in Levantine?

A common Levantine pronunciation is il-lāʕeb marrar eṭ-ṭābe or el-lāʕeb marrar eṭ-ṭābe.

Word by word:

• اللاعب → il-lāʕeb / el-lāʕeb
• مرر → marrar
• الطابة → eṭ-ṭābe / iṭ-ṭābe

A few things to notice:

• The e / i variation in el / il depends on region and speaker.
• مرر has a doubled r sound.
• ط is an emphatic t, so ṭābe is not the same as plain tābe.

Why isn’t ال pronounced al here?

Because of sun-letter assimilation.

In both اللاعب and الطابة, the ل of the article ال blends into the first consonant of the noun:

• اللاعب is written with ال, but pronounced il-lāʕeb
• الطابة is written with ال, but pronounced eṭ-ṭābe

That happens because:

• ل is a sun letter
• ط is also a sun letter

So the article stays in writing, but in speech it assimilates.

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