باب المطبخ متسخ اليوم، لكن باب الغرفة نظيف.

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Breakdown of باب المطبخ متسخ اليوم، لكن باب الغرفة نظيف.

• اليوم: today
• غرفة: room
• نظيف: clean

Questions & Answers about باب المطبخ متسخ اليوم، لكن باب الغرفة نظيف.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Modern Standard Arabic, the present tense of to be is usually not expressed in simple sentences like this.

So:

باب المطبخ متسخ
literally looks like
the kitchen door dirty

but it means
The kitchen door is dirty.

This is called a nominal sentence. If you wanted was or will be, then Arabic would normally use a verb such as كان or سيكون.

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What is باب المطبخ grammatically?

It is an iḍāfa construction, often translated as the kitchen door or literally door of the kitchen.

The pattern is:

• باب = door
• المطبخ = the kitchen

Together, they form one unit:

باب المطبخ = the kitchen door

This structure is extremely common in Arabic and often corresponds to English noun + noun phrases like:

• book cover
• school door
• room key

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If it means the kitchen door, why doesn’t Arabic say الباب المطبخ?

Because in an iḍāfa construction, the .