رزمة البطاقات على الطاولة.

Because Arabic usually omits the present-tense verb "to be" in simple statements.

So:

• رزمة البطاقات = the deck/bundle of cards
• على الطاولة = on the table

Together, the sentence means The deck of cards is on the table, even though there is no separate word for is.

This is very normal in Arabic. In the present tense, Arabic often uses a nominal sentence with:

• a topic: رزمة البطاقات
• a predicate/location: على الطاولة

If you wanted was, then Arabic would use a verb, such as كانت.

Yes. رزمة البطاقات is an iḍāfa (genitive/possessive construction), which is often how Arabic expresses X of Y.

Here:

• رزمة = bundle, pack, stack
• البطاقات = the cards

So literally it is something like bundle of the cards.

In natural English, this becomes:

• the pack of cards
• the deck of cards
• the stack of cards

depending on context.

In an iḍāfa:

1. The first noun comes first: رزمة
2. The second noun comes after it: البطاقات
3. The first noun does not take ال in a normal iḍāfa
4. The second noun is in the genitive

Because in an iḍāfa, the first noun normally does not take ال.

So Arabic says:

• رزمة البطاقات

not:

• الرزمة البطاقات ❌

The definiteness of the whole phrase depends on the second noun.

Since البطاقات is definite (it has الـ), the whole phrase رزمة البطاقات is understood as definite too.

So:

• رزمة بطاقات = a pack of cards
• رزمة البطاقات = the pack/deck of the cards → usually translated naturally as the pack/deck of cards

Because it is the second term in the iḍāfa, and here it is definite.

Compare:

• رزمة بطاقات = a pack of cards
• رزمة البطاقات = the pack of the cards / the pack of cards

So الـ on البطاقات helps make the whole phrase definite.

Also, remember that بطاقات is the plural of بطاقة.

رزمة means something like:

• bundle
• pack
• stack

In this sentence, with البطاقات, it most naturally means:

• a pack/deck of cards
• or a stack of cards

The exact English translation depends on context. If these are playing cards, deck of cards is often the most natural choice. If they are index cards, flashcards, business cards, etc., stack or pack may be better.

Not necessarily. بطاقة is a general word meaning card, and its plural is بطاقات.

Depending on context, it could refer to:

• playing cards
• ID cards
• flashcards
• business cards
• greeting cards
• tickets/cards in some contexts

So البطاقات just means the cards. The exact kind of cards depends on the situation.

على usually means on, on top of, or upon.

So:

• على الطاولة = on the table

It is the normal preposition for something resting on a surface.

A learner may compare it with فوق:

• على الطاولة = on the table
• فوق الطاولة = above the table / over the table / on top of the table

In many contexts, فوق can also be translated as on top of, but على is the more basic and standard choice for simple physical contact with a surface.

Because على is a preposition, and nouns after prepositions are put in the genitive case in Standard Arabic.

So, if fully vocalized, this part would be:

• على الطاولةِ

with kasra at the end of الطاولة.

This is a general rule:

• after في
• after على
• after من
• after إلى
• etc.

the following noun is usually genitive.

If fully vocalized in careful Modern Standard Arabic, it would be:

رُزْمَةُ البِطاقاتِ على الطَّاوِلَةِ

Here is why:

• رُزْمَةُ: nominative, because it is the subject/topic of the nominal sentence
• البِطاقاتِ: genitive, because it is the second noun in the iḍāfa
• الطَّاوِلَةِ: genitive, because it comes after the preposition على

In normal everyday Arabic writing, these case endings are usually not written, so you typically see:

رزمة البطاقات على الطاولة

Yes, in pronunciation the ل of الـ is assimilated here, because ط is a sun letter.

So:

• الطاولة is pronounced approximately aṭ-ṭāwila
• not al-ṭāwila

That means the ط is doubled in pronunciation.

So the whole sentence can be read approximately as:

ruzmatu l-biṭāqāti ʿalā aṭ-ṭāwilati

In pause, many speakers simplify the endings, especially outside very formal reading.

The word is usually pronounced ruzma in pause, and in fully inflected formal reading it can be ruzmatu here.

The final ة (tāʾ marbūṭa) behaves like this:

• at the end of a phrase or in pause: often pronounced like -a
• when grammatical endings are pronounced: it acts like -t-

So:

• in pause: رزمة → ruzma
• with full case ending here: رُزْمَةُ → ruzmatu

This is a very important pattern in Arabic.

Not as naturally, because رزمة البطاقات is a definite iḍāfa due to البطاقات being definite.

So the sentence most naturally means:

• The deck/stack of cards is on the table

If you wanted a deck of cards, Arabic would more naturally use an indefinite form such as:

• رزمةُ بطاقاتٍ على الطاولة

That would mean A pack/stack of cards is on the table.

Yes. Arabic is flexible.

The given sentence:

• رزمة البطاقات على الطاولة

is a straightforward nominal sentence: The deck of cards is on the table.

But Arabic can also front the location for emphasis:

• على الطاولة رزمةُ البطاقات

This can sound more like:

• On the table is the deck of cards
• or There is a deck of cards on the table

So the original word order is normal, but other orders are possible depending on style and emphasis.