بيتي كبير وقديم.

house

Breakdown of بيتي كبير وقديم.

• ي: my
• و: and
• كبير: big

Questions & Answers about بيتي كبير وقديم.

What does بيتي literally mean, and how is it formed?

بيتي is بيت (house/home) + the attached possessive suffix ـي (my), so it literally means my house (or my home, depending on context).

• بيت = house
• ـي = my
  When the suffix is attached, it becomes one word: بيتي.

How do I pronounce بيتي كبير وقديم?

A common careful pronunciation is: baytī kabīr wa-qadīm.

• baytī (my house) — long ī at the end
• kabīr (big) — long ī
• wa (and) — often links to the next word in speech: wa-qadīm
• qadīm (old) — stress is usually toward the end: qa-dīm

Why is there no word like is in the sentence?

In Arabic (including Modern Standard Arabic), the present-tense to be (like is/are) is usually not stated. This is called a nominal sentence.
So بيتي كبير literally reads my house big, meaning my house is big.

Why are the adjectives after the noun? Can I put them before?