هالفندق مو قريب من البحر.

هالفندق is made of:

• هال- = this
• فندق = hotel

So هالفندق literally means this hotel.

In Levantine, هال- is a very common way to say this before a noun. It attaches directly to the noun, especially when the noun already has الـ inside the combined form.

A closely related alternative is:

• الفندق هاد / هادا = this hotel

Both are common in speech.

Because in Arabic, the present tense of to be is usually not said in sentences like this.

So:

• هالفندق مو قريب من البحر
• literally: this hotel not close to the sea

But the natural English meaning is:

• This hotel is not close to the sea

This kind of sentence is very normal in Arabic.
If you wanted was, then Arabic would usually use كان or a dialect form of it.

In Levantine, مو is a very common way to negate a non-verbal sentence—especially when what comes after it is:

• an adjective
• a noun
• a prepositional phrase

Here, قريب is an adjective (close), so مو fits perfectly:

• مو قريب = not close

You may also hear مش in many Levantine varieties:

• هالفندق مش قريب من البحر

That can mean the same thing.
Which one sounds more natural depends on region and speaker, but مو is very common and natural here.

Because it matches الفندق, which is a masculine singular noun.

So:

• فندق = masculine singular
• قريب = masculine singular adjective/predicate

If the noun were feminine, you would usually use قريبة:

• هالبناية مو قريبة من البحر
  This building isn’t close to the sea

So yes, the form of قريب is connected to the noun it describes.

Because قريب is commonly followed by من to mean close to.

So:

• قريب من البحر = close to the sea
• literally: close from the sea

This is just the normal Arabic pattern, even though English uses to.

It’s best to learn it as a chunk:

• قريب من = close to

Because here the meaning is the sea, not just a sea.

So:

• البحر = the sea
• بحر = a sea / sea in a more general or indefinite sense

In this sentence, the speaker means the sea as a known place nearby, so the definite form البحر is natural.

Yes, absolutely.

Both of these are natural:

• هالفندق مو قريب من البحر
• الفندق هاد مو قريب من البحر

They both mean this hotel is not close to the sea.

Very roughly:

• هالفندق is a compact, very common this + noun structure
• الفندق هاد is another common demonstrative pattern, often a bit more explicitly pointing out this one

The exact preferred form can vary by region.

A rough pronunciation could be:

hal-funduʔ mū ʔarīb mn il-baḥer

A few notes:

• مو is usually pronounced mū with a long oo
• من often sounds reduced in fast speech, like mn
• قريب may be pronounced with:
  • a glottal stop: ʔarīb
  • or a real q sound: qarīb
• البحر may sound like il-baḥer or il-baḥr, depending on speaker and region

So pronunciation varies, but that’s normal in Levantine.

This sentence is clearly colloquial, not Modern Standard Arabic.

The strongest clues are:

• هال- for this
• مو for not

In MSA, you’d say something like:

• هذا الفندق ليس قريبًا من البحر

So if you use هالفندق مو قريب من البحر, you are speaking dialectal Arabic, and it fits Levantine well.

They are related, but not the same.

• قريب من البحر = close to the sea
• عالبحر = on the sea / by the sea / seafront

So a hotel can be:

• قريب من البحر without being directly on the waterfront
• عالبحر if it is right by the sea

That difference is useful, especially when talking about hotels and locations.

Yes, فندق is completely normal and widely understood.

In casual Levantine, depending on the country and speaker, you may also hear:

• أوتيل
• هوتيل

But فندق is standard, common, and always safe to use.

The structure is:

• هالفندق = topic / subject
• مو قريب = not close
• من البحر = to the sea / from the sea in Arabic structure

So the pattern is basically:

• this hotel + not + close + to the sea

That’s a very common Arabic sentence type:
noun + negation + adjective/prepositional phrase

Once you get used to it, you can build many similar sentences:

• هالبيت مو كبير = This house isn’t big
• هالمطعم مو بعيد = This restaurant isn’t far
• هالمكان مو منيح = This place isn’t good