"وِلاية كاليفورْنْيا مُزْدَحِمة."

Translation: The state of California is crowded.

[MattHapeman]

Why is there no Al at the beginning?

[heyitsJenima]

wondering the same thing. To me this says "California state is crowded"

[Djibril487949]

It's the same principle as possessive constructions: "the restaurant of Mohammed" :: "the state of California."

[meEtqZ]

In English it would sound more natural to simply say, "California is crowded."

[TJWphd]

Duo teaches direct translation, though, so a lot of the English translations are going to sound a little stilted in order to teach how the sentence works in the target language.

[A.Noor70]

Very true

[MosheFlam]

Thoughout all the lessons she says: MuzbaHima while it is written MuzdaHima