لوحة المغادرة هنا.

In Modern Standard Arabic, the verb to be is usually not written or spoken in the present tense.

So:

• لوحة المغادرة هنا literally looks like departure board here but it means The departure board is here.

This is called a nominal sentence. Arabic often just puts the topic first and the information about it after that.

If you wanted was or will be, Arabic would use a verb, but in the present tense it normally does not.

Because لوحة المغادرة is an iḍāfa construction, often called a genitive construction or noun + noun construction.

In Arabic, when two nouns are linked like this:

• لوحة = board
• المغادرة = departure

the first noun usually does not take الـ.

So:

• لوحة المغادرة = the departure board

Even though لوحة has no الـ, the whole phrase is definite because the second noun, المغادرة, is definite.

This is very common in Arabic:

• باب البيت = the door of the house
• كتاب الطالب = the student’s book

They form an iḍāfa phrase.

Literally, لوحة المغادرة means something like:

• board of departure

But in natural English, that becomes:

• departure board

So the order is different from English. Arabic often expresses compound nouns this way.

A useful pattern is:

• noun 1 + noun 2
• where noun 1 is the thing
• and noun 2 tells what kind of thing it is

Here:

• لوحة = board/panel/sign
• المغادرة = departure

So: the board related to departure → the departure board

Because Arabic often puts the subject/topic first and the location or description after it.

So:

• لوحة المغادرة = the departure board
• هنا = here

Together:

• لوحة المغادرة هنا = The departure board is here.

This word order is very normal in Arabic.

You can sometimes move هنا earlier for emphasis, for example:

• هنا لوحة المغادرة

but the original order is straightforward and natural.

A careful MSA pronunciation is approximately:

• lawḥatu l-mughādarati hunā

In normal pausal pronunciation, you will often hear something closer to:

• lawḥat al-mughādara hunā

A few pronunciation notes:

• لوحة contains ح, a deep breathy h sound, not the English h
• غ in المغادرة is a guttural sound, often compared loosely to a French or German r, though it is not exactly the same
• هنا is pronounced hunā

Because لوحة ends in ة (tāʾ marbūṭa).

On its own, this usually sounds like -a or -ah in pause:

• لوحة → lawḥa

But when the word is part of an iḍāfa construction, the ة is pronounced as t:

• لوحة المغادرة → lawḥat al-mughādara or in full case pronunciation lawḥatu l-mughādarati

So this is a very useful rule:

• ة alone at the end of a word: often sounds like -a
• ة before another noun in iḍāfa: pronounced -t

المغادرة is a noun, not a verb here.

More specifically, it is a verbal noun meaning:

• departure
• leaving

It comes from a verb related to leaving or departing.

Arabic often uses verbal nouns in places where English also uses nouns like:

• arrival
• departure
• travel
• entry

So لوحة المغادرة literally means board of departure, which English expresses as departure board.

In fully vocalized formal grammar, the sentence would be:

• لوحةُ المغادرةِ هنا

Here is the grammar:

• لوحةُ = nominative, because it is the subject/topic of the nominal sentence
• المغادرةِ = genitive, because it is the second word in the iḍāfa construction
• هنا = an adverb of place, and it does not take the same kind of case ending as regular nouns

In everyday written Arabic, these short vowels are usually not written, so you normally just see:

• لوحة المغادرة هنا

Yes. In English, airport language often uses departure board and departures board for a board showing departing flights.

Arabic لوحة المغادرة is singular in form, literally the departure board, but in context it refers naturally to the airport board for departures.

So the exact English wording may vary depending on the translation style, but the Arabic structure itself is completely normal.

Not always. لوحة is a broad word that can mean:

• board
• panel
• sign
• plaque
• painting

The exact meaning depends on context.

In an airport context, لوحة المغادرة is understood as the board or display for departures.

So it is a flexible noun, and context tells you whether it means a physical board, a sign, a display panel, or something similar.

Yes, you can.

Both are possible:

• لوحة المغادرة هنا
• هنا لوحة المغادرة

The difference is mostly one of focus or style.

• لوحة المغادرة هنا starts with the thing you are talking about: The departure board
• هنا لوحة المغادرة starts with the place: Here is the departure board

Both are understandable and natural, though the original sentence is a very standard way to say it.