الغرفة واسعة.

The room is spacious.

Breakdown of الغرفة واسعة.

• غرفة: room
• واسع: wide; spacious

Questions & Answers about الغرفة واسعة.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Arabic, present-tense sentences like this usually do not use a separate word for is/are.

So الغرفة واسعة is literally something like:

• the room
• spacious

But it naturally means the room is spacious.

This is normal in both Standard Arabic and Levantine. If you want past or future, then you usually add a verb such as كان or تكون.

Why does واسعة end with ة?

Because غرفة is a feminine noun, and the adjective has to match it.

• غرفة = feminine
• واسعة = feminine form of واسع

So the adjective agrees with the noun in gender.

Compare:

• الغرفة واسعة = the room is spacious
• البيت واسع = the house is spacious

The ending ة is a very common sign of the feminine form.

Why is the adjective after the noun?

Because in Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• غرفة واسعة = a spacious room

not the English-style order spacious room.

That same noun-then-description order also shows up in full sentences like .