هو الفائز.

In Modern Standard Arabic, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the present tense when you make a simple statement like this.

So:

• هو الفائز
• literally: he, the winner
• naturally: He is the winner

This is completely normal Arabic.

But in other tenses, Arabic does use a verb:

• كان الفائز = he was the winner
• سيكون الفائز = he will be the winner

This is a nominal sentence in Arabic, called جملة اسمية.

It has two main parts:

• هو = the subject (مبتدأ)
• الفائز = the predicate (خبر)

So the structure is:

• subject + predicate
• he + the winner

That is one of the most basic sentence patterns in Arabic.

Here, هو means he.

It is the independent masculine singular pronoun.

So:

• هو = he
• هي = she

Depending on context, هو can sometimes be translated as it when it refers to a masculine noun, but in a simple learner sentence like this, the normal meaning is he.

The prefix الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• فائز = a winner, winning, or victorious
• الفائز = the winner

In this sentence, the meaning is specific: not just any winner, but the winner.

This is a very useful distinction:

• هو الفائز = He is the winner
• هو فائز = He is a winner / He is victorious / He is winning

So the version with الـ is definite and points to a specific winner.

The version without الـ is indefinite and more general.

It is pronounced roughly:

• al-fāʾiz

A more detailed breakdown:

• al = the article الـ
• fā = long faa
• ʾi = a glottal stop plus i
• z = final z

So the whole sentence is:

• huwa al-fāʾiz

In careful fully vowelled Arabic, it is:

• هُوَ الْفَائِزُ

In normal pausal pronunciation, people often stop without clearly pronouncing the final short vowel.

Because ف is a moon letter, not a sun letter.

In Arabic, the ل of الـ is:

• pronounced before moon letters
• assimilated before sun letters

Since ف is a moon letter, you say:

• al-fāʾiz

not something like af-fāʾiz.

It is in the nominative case.

As the predicate (خبر) of a nominal sentence, it is normally marfūʿ.

So in fully vowelled form, it is:

• الفائزُ

That final -u is the nominative ending.

Also, because the word is definite (it has الـ), it does not take tanwīn.

So you get:

• الفائزُ not
• الفائزٌ

Because ordinary Arabic writing usually leaves out most short vowels.

So learners often see:

• هو الفائز

But the fully vowelled version is:

• هُوَ الْفَائِزُ

These vowel marks are often included in:

• Qur'anic text
• children's books
• dictionaries
• beginner learning materials

In normal newspapers, books, and articles, they are usually omitted.

You can find reversed or rearranged word order in Arabic, but هو الفائز is the normal straightforward way to say He is the winner.

If you say:

• الفائز هو

it sounds more marked, like:

• The winner is him
• or a sentence waiting for more context

So for a basic neutral statement, stick with:

• هو الفائز

In this sentence, هو is simply the pronoun meaning he.

Arabic does sometimes use pronouns like هو and هي in other structures as a kind of separator or emphatic element, especially in sentences like:

• زيد هو الفائز

But in هو الفائز, it is best understood simply as the subject pronoun he.

Not if you want a full sentence meaning He is the winner.

• الفائز by itself means the winner

That is just a noun phrase, not a full statement with an explicit subject.

However, in context, it could work as a short answer:

• من هو؟ = Who is he?
• الفائز = The winner

But as a complete standalone sentence meaning He is the winner, you need:

• هو الفائز

You would say:

• هي الفائزة

So the changes are:

• هو → هي = he → she
• الفائز → الفائزة = masculine → feminine

This gives:

• هي الفائزة = She is the winner