هاي سيارة جديدة.

This is a new car.

Breakdown of هاي سيارة جديدة.

• هاي: this
• سيارة: car
• جديد: new

Questions & Answers about هاي سيارة جديدة.

What does هاي mean here?

هاي means this in Levantine Arabic.

In this sentence, it is the feminine singular form, because سيارة (car) is a feminine noun. So:

• هاي سيارة جديدة = This is a new car

In different parts of the Levant, you may also hear other forms such as هيدي or هادي with the same basic meaning.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Arabic, especially in the present tense, you usually do not say a word for is / am / are in sentences like this.

So English:

• This is a new car

becomes Levantine Arabic:

• هاي سيارة جديدة

This is completely normal. Arabic simply leaves the present-tense to be unstated in this kind of sentence.

Why is it هاي سيارة جديدة and not هاي السيارة الجديدة?