الهواية الجديدة سهلة.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation is el-hewāya el-gedīda sahla.

A few useful notes:

• الـ is usually pronounced el- in Egyptian.
• ج is usually pronounced g in Egyptian, so الجديدة sounds like el-gedīda.
• ة at the end of سهلة is pronounced -a, so سهلة becomes sahla.

You may also see slightly different transliterations, like il- instead of el-.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• الهواية = the hobby
• الجديدة = the new

In this sentence, the l sound of الـ is pronounced clearly in both words:

• el-hewāya
• el-gedīda

That is because ه and ج do not make the l disappear here.

Because in Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• الهواية الجديدة literally looks like the hobby the new
• but in natural English order, it means the new hobby

This is one of the most basic word-order differences between English and Arabic.

This is a very common question.

In الهواية الجديدة, الجديدة is an adjective directly describing الهواية, so it must match the noun in definiteness.

Since الهواية is definite (the hobby), the adjective must also be definite:

• الهواية الجديدة = the new hobby

But سهلة is not part of that noun phrase. It is the predicate of the sentence: it tells you something about the new hobby.

So the structure is:

• الهواية الجديدة = the subject
• سهلة = the description/predicate, easy

That is why سهلة does not take الـ here.

In Arabic, simple present-tense sentences like this often do not use a word for is.

So Arabic can say:

• الهواية الجديدة سهلة

Literally, this is more like:

• the new hobby easy

But it means:

• The new hobby is easy

This is completely normal in both Egyptian Arabic and Standard Arabic.

Because الهواية is grammatically feminine.

A big clue is the ending ة on هواية. Nouns with this ending are very often feminine.

Since Arabic adjectives agree with the noun they describe, the adjectives also appear in the feminine form:

• جديد → masculine

• جديدة → feminine

• سهل → masculine
• سهلة → feminine

So with الهواية, you need:

• الجديدة
• سهلة

It works in Egyptian Arabic, and it also looks very close to Standard Arabic. This is one of those sentences that overlaps nicely.

The main difference is usually in pronunciation, not in the basic structure:

• Standard Arabic pronunciation: al-hiwāya al-jadīda sahlatun if fully read with endings
• Egyptian pronunciation: el-hewāya el-gedīda sahla

In everyday Egyptian speech, you would not use the formal case endings.

You usually would not say that in a simple neutral sentence.

For a basic statement, the normal Egyptian sentence is just:

• الهواية الجديدة سهلة

Adding هي is usually unnecessary and can sound emphatic, contrastive, or less natural in a beginner-style sentence.

So as a learner, the best pattern to remember is:

• subject + adjective
• الهواية الجديدة سهلة

In Egyptian Arabic, the natural way is:

• الهواية الجديدة مش سهلة

Here, مش means not.

So:

• سهلة = easy
• مش سهلة = not easy

This is the normal Egyptian way to negate an adjective.

For a beginner, it is best to avoid that.

The normal, straightforward order is:

• الهواية الجديدة سهلة

Putting سهلة first can sound marked, poetic, or context-dependent. Arabic can sometimes change word order for emphasis, but it is not the basic pattern you should learn first.

So the safest and most natural version is:

• الهواية الجديدة سهلة