هاي الطريقة سهلة.

• هاي = this for a feminine singular noun
• الطريقة = the method / the way
• سهلة = easy

So the structure is literally something like this the-method easy.

Because الطريقة is a feminine noun in Arabic.

In Levantine:

• هاد is commonly used with masculine singular
• هاي is commonly used with feminine singular

So:

• هاد الكتاب = this book
• هاي الطريقة = this method / this way

Depending on the region, you may also hear other feminine forms like هيدي.

A very common clue is the ending ـة (called taa marbuuTa in formal Arabic spelling). Many nouns ending in ـة are feminine.

So طريقة is feminine, and that affects:

1. the demonstrative: هاي
2. the adjective: سهلة

That is why you do not say هاي الطريقة سهل here. The adjective has to match the feminine noun, so it becomes سهلة.

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

Since الطريقة is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• masculine: سهل
• feminine: سهلة

So:

• الكتاب سهل = the book is easy
• الطريقة سهلة = the method is easy

In Arabic, especially in the present tense, the verb to be is usually not stated.

So:

• هاي الطريقة سهلة literally looks like this method easy
• but it means This method is easy

This is completely normal in Arabic.

If you wanted other tenses, then a verb can appear:

• هاي الطريقة كانت سهلة = This method was easy
• هاي الطريقة رح تكون سهلة = This method will be easy

In Levantine Arabic, it is very normal to use a demonstrative like هاي together with a definite noun:

• هاي الطريقة = this method
• هاد البيت = this house

So unlike English, where this already makes the noun definite, Arabic often still uses الـ on the noun.

هاي طريقة can occur in some contexts, but هاي الطريقة is the standard and most natural way to say this method / this way here.

Because here سهلة is acting as the predicate adjective: it tells you something about the subject.

• الطريقة سهلة = The method is easy

In this structure, the adjective is usually indefinite in form, so you do not say السهلة.

Compare:

1. Predicate adjective

   • الطريقة سهلة
   • The method is easy

2. Attributive adjective

   • الطريقة السهلة
   • the easy method

That is an important difference.

A broad Levantine-style pronunciation would be something like:

haay it-tarii'a sahle

A few notes:

• هاي sounds roughly like haay
• الطريقة often sounds like it-tarii'a in connected speech
• سهلة is often pronounced sahle or sahleh

Pronunciation varies by country and city, so you may hear small differences.

Yes, sometimes.

هاي الطريقة سهلة is a very natural and clear way to say it.

But in colloquial Levantine, you may also hear:

• الطريقة هاي سهلة

That also means this method is easy.

The version with هاي first is often especially straightforward for learners:

• هاي الطريقة = this method

Yes. Levantine has regional differences.

For feminine singular this, learners may hear:

• هاي
• هيدي
• sometimes shortened or slightly different local pronunciations

All of these are normal in different parts of the Levant. So if you learned هيدي الطريقة سهلة, that can mean the same thing in many contexts.

A very common Levantine way is to use مو:

• هاي الطريقة مو سهلة = This method is not easy

You may also hear other negative patterns depending on region, but مو is one of the most useful and common ones for learners.

Usually, no. The most natural reading is:

• This method/way is easy

If you wanted this is the easy way, Arabic would normally be structured differently, with easy being part of the noun phrase:

• هاي الطريقة السهلة = this is the easy method / this easy method

But without more context, هاي الطريقة سهلة is understood as This method is easy.