هاد المدخل آمن.

This entrance is safe.

Breakdown of هاد المدخل آمن.

• هاد: this
• مدخل: the entrance
• آمن: safe

Questions & Answers about هاد المدخل آمن.

What does هاد mean? Is it the same as هذا?

Yes. هاد is a Levantine Arabic way to say this. It corresponds to Modern Standard Arabic هذا.

A few useful notes:

• هاد is common in Levantine speech.
• In other Levantine areas, you may also hear هيدا or هادا.
• In everyday Levantine, هاد is often used with both masculine and feminine nouns.

So هاد المدخل = this entrance.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

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

So the sentence structure is simply:

• هاد المدخل = this entrance
• آمن = safe / secure

Together: This entrance is safe.

This is called a nominal sentence. In the present tense, Levantine usually does not say a separate word for is.

But in other tenses, you do use a verb, for example:

• كان آمن = was safe
• رح يكون آمن = will be safe

Why does المدخل have الـ? Why not just say هاد مدخل?

In Levantine, when a noun comes after , it is very often , so you commonly get: