القيمة منخفضة اليوم.

In Arabic, the present tense of to be is usually not stated.

So:

• القيمة منخفضة اليوم literally looks like the value low today
• but it means The value is low today

This is called a nominal sentence in Arabic. In the present tense, Arabic normally just puts the subject first and then the description.

If you wanted the past tense, you would usually add a verb such as كانت:

• كانت القيمة منخفضة اليوم = The value was low today

القيمة means the value.

It comes from the noun قيمة = value.
The الـ at the beginning is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• قيمة = value
• القيمة = the value

Depending on context, القيمة can also sometimes mean something like worth, importance, or even price/value in a financial sense.

Because القيمة is a feminine noun, and adjectives in Arabic must agree with the noun they describe.

So:

• القيمة is feminine
• therefore the adjective must also be feminine: منخفضة

Compare:

• السعر منخفض = The price is low
  (السعر is masculine, so منخفض is masculine)
• القيمة منخفضة = The value is low
  (القيمة is feminine, so منخفضة is feminine)

The ـة at the end of منخفضة is the common feminine ending.

In this sentence, منخفضة is the predicate adjective of the sentence, not just an adjective inside a noun phrase.

Arabic often uses this pattern:

• definite noun + indefinite adjective/predicate

So:

• القيمة منخفضة = The value is low

If you made both words definite:

• القيمة المنخفضة

that would usually mean the low value, not a complete sentence. It becomes a noun phrase rather than The value is low.

So the lack of الـ on منخفضة helps show that it is the predicate: is low.

اليوم means today.

It functions as an adverb of time, telling you when the value is low.

So the sentence breaks down as:

• القيمة = the value
• منخفضة = low
• اليوم = today

Together: The value is low today.

Yes, Arabic allows some flexibility.

All of these can work, depending on style or emphasis:

• القيمة منخفضة اليوم = The value is low today.
• اليوم القيمة منخفضة = Today, the value is low.
• القيمة اليوم منخفضة = The value today is low.

The most neutral version is the one you were given: القيمة منخفضة اليوم.

Changing the position usually changes the focus or emphasis, not the core meaning.

It is pronounced roughly as mun-kha-fi-da, more accurately mun-khafiḍa.

A few helpful notes:

• خ sounds like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach
• ض is an emphatic consonant; learners often start by approximating it as a heavy d
• the final ة in pause is usually pronounced like -a

So when read normally at the end of a sentence, منخفضة is often pronounced approximately:

• mun-kha-fi-da

In careful grammatical reading with full endings, it may be munkhafiḍatun, but that is usually not how people say it in ordinary modern reading.

In fully vowelled formal Arabic, it would typically be:

• القيمةُ منخفضةٌ اليومَ

Here is why:

• القيمةُ: subject of the nominal sentence, so it takes ـُ in the nominative
• منخفضةٌ: predicate, also nominative
• اليومَ: often treated as an adverb of time, so it takes ـَ

However, in normal modern writing, these case endings are usually not written, and in most spoken usage they are often not pronounced.

So learners usually see:

• القيمة منخفضة اليوم

No. القيمة is broader than just money.

It can mean:

• value
• worth
• importance
• sometimes monetary value

So the sentence could mean something like:

• The value is low today
• The price/value is low today

The exact nuance depends on context. If this were about finance, economics, or markets, it might refer to a price or market value. In a more abstract context, it could refer to importance or worth.

Not usually if you mean low in the sense of price/value level.

منخفضة is the more natural word for something being low in level, rate, amount, or value.

قليلة means few or little/small in quantity, so it is used more for things that are countable or measurable in amount, not usually for saying a price or value is low.

For example:

• الأسعار منخفضة = Prices are low
• الكمية قليلة = The quantity is small / There is little quantity

So for this sentence, منخفضة is the natural choice.

The pattern is:

• definite noun + indefinite adjective/predicate + time expression

More specifically:

1. القيمة = the subject (the value)
2. منخفضة = the predicate (low)
3. اليوم = adverbial expression of time (today)

This is one of the most common sentence patterns in Arabic, especially for simple descriptions in the present tense.

You can make many similar sentences:

• السماء صافية اليوم = The sky is clear today.
• الطريق مزدحم اليوم = The road is crowded today.
• الحرارة مرتفعة اليوم = The temperature is high today.