التأمين الصحي مهم.

important

Breakdown of التأمين الصحي مهم.

• التأمين الصحي: health insurance

Questions & Answers about التأمين الصحي مهم.

How do I pronounce التأمين الصحي مهم?

A good pronunciation is:

at-taʾmīn aṣ-ṣiḥḥī muhimm

Breakdown:

• التأمين → at-taʾmīn
• الصحي → aṣ-ṣiḥḥī
• مهم → muhimm

Notes:

• The ʾ shows a glottal stop, like a small break in taʾmīn.
• The last word مهم is stressed on the second syllable: mu-HIMM.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Because Arabic often leaves out the present-tense to be.

So:

• التأمين الصحي مهم literally looks like the health insurance important
• but it means Health insurance is important

This is a very common Arabic pattern called a nominal sentence.

If you wanted past or future, then Arabic would usually use a verb such as كان or سيكون.

What does التأمين الصحي consist of grammatically?

It is a noun + adjective phrase:

• التأمين = insurance
• الصحي = health-related / medical

So التأمين الصحي means .