الموتور جديد.

In Levantine Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually not said in simple sentences like this.

So:

• الموتور جديد = The motor is new

This is called a nominal sentence. Arabic often puts:

• the thing being talked about
  • description

So literally it is closer to:

• the motor — new

If you wanted past or future, then forms of to be would appear:

• الموتور كان جديد = The motor was new
• الموتور رح يكون جديد = The motor will be new

A common Levantine pronunciation would be:

• il-motōr jdīd
• or el-motōr jdīd

The exact vowel in the article can vary by region, so you may hear il- or el-.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• الموتور = il-mo-TOR
• جديد = jdiid or j-DEED

A few notes:

• ج in Levantine is often pronounced like the s in measure in some areas, or like j in job in others, depending on region and speaker.
• جديد is often heard as jdīd, with a very short or dropped vowel at the beginning.

Because الموتور is the subject, the motor, and جديد is the predicate adjective, new.

In Arabic, when an adjective is used as the predicate in a sentence like The motor is new, it is usually indefinite, so it does not take الـ.

Compare:

• الموتور جديد = The motor is new
• الموتور الجديد = the new motor

That is a very important difference:

• noun + indefinite adjective can form a sentence: The motor is new
• noun + definite adjective forms a noun phrase: the new motor

الموتور is a very common loanword in colloquial Arabic, including Levantine. It means motor or engine, depending on context.

So yes, native speakers do use it, especially in everyday speech.

A more formal or Standard Arabic word is:

• محرّك = engine / motor

In everyday Levantine, though, موتور is very natural.

Because الموتور is treated as a masculine singular noun, so the adjective must match it.

That is why you get:

• الموتور جديد = The motor is new

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would usually become feminine too:

• السيارة جديدة = The car is new

So the pattern is:

• masculine singular: جديد
• feminine singular: جديدة

Not for this meaning.

If you want to say The motor is new, the normal word order is:

• الموتور جديد

If you put the adjective before the noun like جديد الموتور, that does not sound like the normal way to say it in Levantine.

For adjective + noun combinations, Arabic usually puts the adjective after the noun:

• موتور جديد = a new motor
• الموتور الجديد = the new motor

So remember:

• الموتور جديد = sentence
• الموتور الجديد = noun phrase

It works well in Levantine, and the structure also makes sense in Standard Arabic.

The main colloquial feature is the everyday use of الموتور as a common spoken word for motor/engine. In more formal Standard Arabic, you might more often see:

• المحرّك جديد

But الموتور جديد is perfectly natural in spoken Levantine.

A very common way is:

• الموتور مش جديد = The motor is not new

In some areas you may also hear:

• الموتور مو جديد

Both are common regional variants in the Levant.

So:

• جديد = new
• مش جديد / مو جديد = not new

It can mean either motor or engine, depending on context.

In everyday Levantine, موتور is often used for:

• a car engine
• a machine motor
• sometimes any engine-like mechanical unit

So the exact English translation depends on the situation. If the meaning has already been shown to the learner, that translation probably comes from the context.

You would say:

• موتور جديد = a new motor

Notice the difference:

• الموتور جديد = The motor is new
• موتور جديد = a new motor
• الموتور الجديد = the new motor

This is one of the most useful patterns to learn in Arabic:

• indefinite noun + indefinite adjective = a new motor
• definite noun + definite adjective = the new motor
• definite noun + indefinite adjective = often a full sentence: The motor is new

Not in this sentence, because here جديد is not an attributive adjective inside a noun phrase. It is the predicate of the sentence.

So in:

• الموتور جديد

the adjective agrees mainly in things like gender and number, but it stays indefinite because it is the predicate.

However, if it were directly modifying the noun inside a noun phrase, it would match in definiteness too:

• الموتور الجديد = the new motor

So the key distinction is:

• predicate adjective: الموتور جديد
• attributive adjective: الموتور الجديد