هاي المهارة مهمة.

This skill is important.

Breakdown of هاي المهارة مهمة.

• هاي: this
• مهم: important
• مهارة: the skill

Questions & Answers about هاي المهارة مهمة.

What does هاي mean in this sentence?

هاي means this and is used with a feminine singular noun in Levantine Arabic.

Here it points to المهارة because مهارة is feminine.

You may also hear other regional forms such as هيدي or هادي, depending on where the speaker is from.

Why is مهارة treated as feminine?

Because مهارة is a grammatically feminine noun.

A very common clue is the ending ة. Nouns ending in ة are often feminine, and that affects other words around them.

So because مهارة is feminine:

• هاي is feminine
• مهمة is also feminine

Why is it مهمة and not مهم?

Because adjectives in Arabic usually agree with the noun they describe.

Since مهارة is feminine, the adjective must also be feminine:

• masculine: مهم
• feminine: مهمة

So مهارة مهمة is the correct match.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?