الكرسي خفيف.

In Levantine, you would usually say it as:

el-kursi khafiif

A rough pronunciation guide:

• el- = the
• KUR-si = chair
• kha-FIIF = light

A few notes:

• خ is the throaty sound like German Bach or Scottish loch
• ال is often pronounced el- in Levantine, not al-
• The ii in khafiif is a long vowel

Because Arabic normally does not use a present-tense verb meaning is/am/are in simple sentences like this.

So:

• الكرسي خفيف = The chair is light

This is called a nominal sentence in Arabic: a noun/topic plus a description.

If you want other tenses, then Arabic does use a verb:

• كان الكرسي خفيف = The chair was light

In Arabic, descriptions usually come after the noun they describe or after the subject they comment on.

So Arabic says:

• the chair light

rather than English:

• the light chair or the chair is light

In this sentence, الكرسي is the subject, and خفيف is the predicate describing it.

Great question. Here, خفيف is not part of a noun phrase like the light chair. It is the predicate of the sentence:

• الكرسي خفيف = The chair is light

But if you want to say the light chair, then both words take الـ:

• الكرسي الخفيف = the light chair

So compare:

• الكرسي خفيف = The chair is light
• الكرسي الخفيف = the light chair

That is a very important difference in Arabic.

الكرسي is masculine.

That is why the adjective/predicate is also masculine:

• الكرسي خفيف

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would usually also be feminine:

• الطاولة خفيفة = The table is light

So yes, the describing word has to match the noun in gender.

In Levantine, الـ is often pronounced el-.

So:

• الكرسي → el-kursi

Here it does not merge into the next consonant, because ك is a moon letter.

If the next letter were a sun letter, the l sound would assimilate. For example:

• الشمس is pronounced more like esh-shams

But in الكرسي, you keep the l:

• el-kursi

It works in both, which is one reason it is a useful beginner sentence.

• In MSA, it is also الكرسي خفيف
• In Levantine, you would commonly pronounce it el-kursi khafiif

The main difference you notice here is pronunciation, not the basic structure.

Here, خفيف means light in weight or not heavy.

So in this sentence:

• الكرسي خفيف = The chair is light

In other contexts, خفيف can have related meanings such as:

• light in intensity
• mild
• thin/lightly done

But with chair, the natural meaning is not heavy.

In Levantine, a very common negative is مش.

So:

• الكرسي مش خفيف = The chair is not light

This is the normal everyday spoken pattern.

You would remove الـ from كرسي:

• كرسي خفيف = A chair is light / The chair is light, depending on context

In spoken Arabic, context often tells you whether something is definite or indefinite.

If you are speaking generally, كرسي خفيف can sound like a light chair or a chair is light, depending on the situation, so context matters a lot.