هوايتي الجديدة رياضة المشي والركض بعد الشغل.

my

Breakdown of هوايتي الجديدة رياضة المشي والركض بعد الشغل.

• ال: the
• جديد: new
• شغل: work

Questions & Answers about هوايتي الجديدة رياضة المشي والركض بعد الشغل.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Arabic often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So this sentence is a nominal sentence:

• هوايتي الجديدة = my new hobby
• رياضة المشي والركض بعد الشغل = walking and running after work / the exercise of walking and running after work

In natural English, we need is, but in Arabic the present-tense is is usually understood.

So the structure is basically:

• My new hobby Ø walking and running after work

If you want, you can also add هي for extra clarity:

• هوايتي الجديدة هي رياضة المشي والركض بعد الشغل

That is still natural and means the same thing.

What does هوايتي mean exactly, and how is it formed?

هوايتي means my hobby.

It is built from:

• هواية = hobby
• ـي = my

So:

• هواية + ي → هوايتي

A useful thing to notice: when a word ending in ة takes a suffix, that ة is pronounced like t.

So even though the base word is هواية, in هوايتي you hear the t sound.

Also, learners sometimes confuse:

• هوايتي = my hobby
• هويتي = my identity / my ID

Those are different words.

Why is الجديدة feminine?