هاد بيت كبير.

this

Breakdown of هاد بيت كبير.

• بيت: house
• كبير: big

Questions & Answers about هاد بيت كبير.

What does هاد mean, and how is it pronounced?

هاد means this. In many Levantine accents, it is pronounced roughly haad.

You may also hear other regional forms such as هيدا or هاظ. They all do the same basic job: pointing to something near the speaker.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually left out in simple sentences like this.

So Arabic says something like:

• this + house + big

but the meaning in natural English is:

• This is a big house

This is completely normal in both spoken Levantine and Standard Arabic.

Why does كبير come after بيت?

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

So:

• بيت كبير = a big house
• literally: house big

This is the regular word order in Arabic.

Why is it هاد بيت كبير instead of هاد البيت الكبير?

Because هاد بيت كبير means This is a big house, where بيت كبير is indefinite: .