هذا فريق كبير.

Arabic often uses nominal sentences with no separate word for is in the present tense.

So:

• هذا = this
• فريق كبير = a big team

Together, هذا فريق كبير literally looks like this big team, but it means:

• This is a big team

This is a very normal Arabic sentence pattern.

In Modern Standard Arabic, the verb to be is usually not stated in the present tense.

So Arabic says:

• هذا فريق كبير
• literally: this team big
• naturally: This is a big team

If you wanted past or future, Arabic would use forms of كان or other structures, but in the present tense, no word for is is needed here.

هذا means this for a masculine singular noun.

It is used here because فريق is grammatically masculine singular.

So:

• هذا = this (masculine singular)
• هذه = this (feminine singular)

Because فريق is masculine, you say:

• هذا فريق كبير

not

• هذه فريق كبير

Yes. فريق is grammatically singular, even though it refers to a group of people.

This is similar to English words like:

• team
• group
• family

They refer to more than one person, but the noun itself is singular.

So the adjective must also be singular:

• فريق كبير = a big team

not a plural adjective.

In Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• فريق كبير = a big team
• literally: team big

This is the normal order in Arabic:

• noun + adjective

Compare:

• بيت كبير = a big house
• كتاب جديد = a new book

Because the adjective must agree with the noun in gender and number.

فريق is:

• masculine
• singular

So the adjective must also be masculine singular:

• كبير = big

If the noun were feminine singular, you would use:

• كبيرة

For example:

• هذه سيارة كبيرة = This is a big car

Yes. In standard Arabic, an adjective agrees with the noun it describes in several ways, especially:

• gender
• number
• definiteness
• usually case as well

Here:

• فريق is masculine singular
• كبير is also masculine singular

Also, both are indefinite here:

• فريق = a team
• كبير = big

So they match correctly.

Not necessarily. In this sentence, فريق is indefinite, meaning a team rather than the team.

So:

• فريق كبير = a big team

If you said:

• هذا الفريق الكبير

that would mean:

• this big team

That is a different structure, where the noun phrase itself is definite.

In هذا فريق كبير, the meaning is This is a big team, so فريق is indefinite.

They are different structures.

1. هذا فريق كبير

This is a full sentence:

• هذا = this
• فريق كبير = a big team

Meaning:

• This is a big team

2. هذا الفريق الكبير

This is usually a noun phrase, not the same kind of sentence.

Meaning:

• this big team

So the first one identifies something:

• This is a big team

The second one points to a specific noun:

• this big team

That difference is very important in Arabic.

A common pronunciation is:

• hādhā farīqun kabīrun

In normal reading without full case endings, learners often say:

• hādhā farīq kabīr

Both help you recognize the sentence, but in fully vocalized formal Arabic, the nominative endings are:

• فريقٌ
• كبيرٌ

because this is a nominal sentence and these words are in the nominative.

In fully vocalized MSA, you would write:

• هٰذا فَريقٌ كَبيرٌ

or commonly without extra marking on هذا:

• هذا فريقٌ كبيرٌ

The endings -un on فريقٌ and كبيرٌ show the nominative case.

That is because:

• هذا is the topic-like first part
• فريقٌ كبيرٌ functions as the predicate

In everyday printed Arabic, these endings are usually omitted, so you normally see:

• هذا فريق كبير

Yes. It is a complete and natural Arabic sentence.

It is called a nominal sentence because it begins with a noun-like element rather than a verb.

Its parts are:

• هذا = the initial demonstrative
• فريق كبير = the information being given about it

So even without a verb like is, the sentence is complete.

You would change the demonstrative and the adjective to match the feminine noun.

For example, with سيارة (car), which is feminine:

• هذه سيارة كبيرة
• This is a big car

Changes:

• هذا → هذه
• كبير → كبيرة

So Arabic agreement affects multiple words in the sentence.