أحب الحياة في المدينة.

With full case endings, it is:

أُحِبُّ الحَيَاةَ فِي المَدِينَةِ

A careful MSA pronunciation is:

uḥibbu al-ḥayāta fī al-madīnati

Word by word:

• أُحِبُّ = uḥibbu
• الحَيَاةَ = al-ḥayāta
• فِي = fī
• المَدِينَةِ = al-madīnati

At the end of a sentence, Arabic often pauses, and final short vowels are not pronounced. So the last word is often heard more like al-madīnah in pause.

Because the verb أُحِبُّ already tells you the subject is I.

In Arabic, verbs usually contain the subject information:

• أُحِبُّ = I love
• تُحِبُّ = you love or she loves, depending on context
• يُحِبُّ = he loves

So أنا is not necessary here. You can say أنا أُحِبُّ الحياةَ في المدينةِ, but that adds emphasis, contrast, or extra clarity.

Because this is a normal verbal sentence in Arabic.

Arabic often likes verb-first order, especially in MSA:

• أُحِبُّ الحياةَ في المدينةِ = a natural verbal sentence
• Literally: Love-I life in the city

English usually requires the subject first, but Arabic does not. Since the verb already shows I, starting with the verb is perfectly normal.

In Arabic, the present tense often covers:

• present actions
• habitual actions
• general truths
• ongoing states

So أُحِبُّ can mean:

• I love
• I like
• I do love

That is normal. Arabic uses the present tense here the way English uses I love for a general present feeling or attitude.

الحياة is the direct object of the verb أُحِبُّ.

It answers the question What do I love? Answer: الحياة = life

Because it is the direct object, it is in the accusative case in full MSA:

• الحياةَ

So the structure is:

• أُحِبُّ = verb
• الحياةَ = direct object
• في المدينةِ = prepositional phrase

Arabic often uses الـ with abstract nouns when talking about a general concept.

So الحياة does not have to mean only a specific life. It can mean:

• life in general
• life as a concept
• life broadly understood

This is very common in Arabic. So الحياة here naturally means life, even though it is grammatically definite.

Because it comes after the preposition في.

In Arabic, a noun after a preposition must be in the genitive case:

• في = in
• المدينةِ = the city, in the genitive

So:

• في المدينةِ = in the city

That final kasra on المدينةِ is there because في governs it.

In the most natural reading, في المدينة goes with الحياة.

So the object is really the larger idea:

• الحياة في المدينة = life in the city

Then the whole sentence means:

• I love [life in the city]

This is the most likely interpretation, because the prepositional phrase comes right after الحياة and naturally describes it.

That letter is called تاء مربوطة.

Usually, at the end of a paused word, it sounds like -ah:

• الحياة ≈ al-ḥayāh
• المدينة ≈ al-madīnah

But when case endings are pronounced in full MSA, it behaves like t:

• الحياةَ = al-ḥayāta
• المدينةِ = al-madīnati

So beginners often notice two pronunciations. That is normal.

Because the verb is from أَحَبَّ / يُحِبُّ, which has a doubled final consonant.

The shadda on بّ tells you to pronounce the b as doubled or held a little longer:

• أُحِبُّ = u-ḥib-bu

So do not say a single light b. The doubling is part of the verb’s form.

In both words, the ل of الـ is pronounced clearly:

• الحياة = al-ḥayā...
• المدينة = al-madī...

That is because ح and م are moon letters, not sun letters.

So you say:

• al-ḥayāh
• al-madīnah

There is no assimilation here. It is not like الشمس, which is pronounced ash-shams.