وزن العفش كبير.

The weight of the furniture is high.

Breakdown of وزن العفش كبير.

• كبير: big
• عفش: the furniture
• وزن: the weight

Questions & Answers about وزن العفش كبير.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Arabic, the present tense often uses a nominal sentence, which does not need a separate word for is.

So:

وزن العفش كبير
literally = the weight of the furniture big

but naturally it means:

The weight of the furniture is great / The furniture is heavy.

If you wanted was, will be, etc., then Arabic would usually use a verb such as كان.

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Why does وزن not have الـ, while العفش does?

Because وزن العفش is an iḍāfa construction, often called a construct phrase.

This structure works like:

noun + noun = the noun of the noun / the noun's noun

So here:

• وزن = weight
• العفش = the furniture

Together:

وزن العفش = the weight of the furniture

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun normally does not take الـ
• the second noun can be definite with الـ
• if the second noun is definite, the whole phrase becomes definite

So وزن العفش means the weight of the furniture, not just a weight of furniture.

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