Word
هاي القصة حقيقية.
Meaning
This story is real.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about هاي القصة حقيقية.
What does هاي mean here, and why is it used instead of هاد?
هاي means this for a feminine singular noun in Levantine Arabic.
Since القصة (the story) is feminine, you use هاي.
A very basic pattern is:
- هاد = this (masculine)
- هاي = this (feminine)
So:
- هاد الكتاب = this book
- هاي القصة = this story
In Modern Standard Arabic, you would usually see هذه instead of هاي.
Why is القصة feminine?
In Arabic, nouns have grammatical gender, and قصة (story) is feminine.
A big clue is the ending ـة (called taa marbuuTa), which very often marks feminine nouns:
- قصة = story
- سيارة = car
- مدرسة = school
Because القصة is feminine, words that describe it or point to it also have to be feminine, which is why the sentence uses:
- هاي not هاد
- حقيقية not حقيقي
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
In Arabic, the verb is usually .