هذا الشراب بارد.

A careful pronunciation is:

hādhā ash-sharābu bārid(un)

In normal pause, the final case ending is often not pronounced, so you will commonly hear:

hādhā ash-sharāb bārid

A few notes:

• هذا = hādhā
• الشراب is written with al-, but because ش is a sun letter, it is pronounced ash-sharāb
• بارد = bārid

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

hā-dhā ash-sha-rāb bā-rid

In Arabic, present-tense equational sentences often do not use a separate word for is / am / are.

So:

• هذا الشراب بارد literally looks like this the-drink cold
• but it means This drink is cold

This is very normal in Arabic. The idea of is is understood automatically.

If you wanted other tenses, Arabic would use other words:

• هذا الشراب كان باردًا = This drink was cold
• هذا الشراب سيكون باردًا = This drink will be cold

But in the simple present, no spoken is is needed.

هذا means this for a masculine singular noun.

Since الشراب is a masculine singular noun, هذا is the correct demonstrative.

Compare:

• هذا الكتاب = this book (masculine)
• هذه السيارة = this car (feminine)

So in هذا الشراب, the demonstrative matches the noun in gender and number.

Because الشراب is masculine singular.

In Arabic, demonstratives must agree with the noun:

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

Since شراب is masculine, you say:

• هذا الشراب

not:

• هذه الشراب

شراب means drink or beverage.

With the definite article ال, it becomes الشراب, meaning the drink.

So:

• شراب = a drink / drink
• الشراب = the drink

In this sentence, Arabic uses هذا الشراب, literally this the-drink, which is the normal way to say this drink.

This happens because ش is a sun letter.

The Arabic definite article is written الـ (al-), but before sun letters, the l sound assimilates to the next consonant.

So:

• written: الشراب
• pronounced: ash-sharāb

The ش is doubled in pronunciation.

This is not a spelling change; it is mainly a pronunciation rule. The writing still keeps ال.

Because Arabic normally places adjectives and predicate words after the noun or subject they describe.

Here:

• هذا الشراب = this drink
• بارد = cold

So the structure is:

• this drink
  • cold

which means:

• This drink is cold

This word order is completely normal in Arabic.

Because بارد here is not an attributive adjective inside the noun phrase. It is the predicate of the sentence.

That is an important difference:

1. هذا الشراب بارد
   = This drink is cold

2. هذا الشراب البارد
   = This cold drink

In sentence 1, بارد is indefinite because it is saying something about the subject.

In sentence 2, البارد directly describes الشراب as part of the noun phrase, so it must match it in definiteness.

This is one of the most useful distinctions for learners.

The difference is:

• هذا الشراب بارد = This drink is cold
• هذا الشراب البارد = This cold drink

Why?

• In هذا الشراب بارد, بارد is the predicate: it tells you something about the drink.
• In هذا الشراب البارد, البارد is an adjective modifying الشراب directly.

A quick rule:

• definite noun + indefinite adjective often gives a full sentence: the drink is cold
• definite noun + definite adjective gives a noun phrase: the cold drink

Yes. Adjectives and predicate adjectives in Arabic usually agree with the noun in gender and number.

Since الشراب is:

• masculine
• singular

the adjective is also:

• بارد = masculine singular

If the noun were feminine singular, you would use باردة.

For example:

• هذه القهوة باردة = This coffee is cold

So the form of the adjective changes depending on the noun.

In full vocalization, the sentence is:

هَذَا الشَّرَابُ بَارِدٌ

Word by word:

• هَذَا
• الشَّرَابُ
• بَارِدٌ

The endings here show standard nominative-style case marking in a simple nominal sentence:

• الشَّرَابُ = the subject
• بَارِدٌ = the predicate

In everyday speech and in much unvowelled writing, these final endings are often not shown or not pronounced clearly.

In Arabic, when you use a demonstrative like هذا with a noun, the noun is commonly definite.

So Arabic says:

• هذا الشراب

literally this the-drink

not usually:

• هذا شراب

for the meaning this drink

This is just the standard Arabic pattern with demonstratives and nouns.

It is a nominal sentence.

Arabic sentences are often grouped into:

• verbal sentences: usually begin with a verb
• nominal sentences: usually begin with a noun or noun-like element

Since this sentence begins with هذا الشراب, not with a verb, it is a nominal sentence.

Its basic structure is:

• subject/topic: هذا الشراب
• predicate/comment: بارد

So it is a classic nominal sentence meaning This drink is cold.

For standard beginner-level usage, هذا الشراب بارد is the natural and straightforward order.

Arabic can sometimes vary word order for emphasis or style, but this version is the one learners should focus on first.

So the safest pattern to remember is:

• هذا + noun + predicate

Example:

• هذا البيت كبير = This house is big
• هذا الشراب بارد = This drink is cold

You would need to change the demonstrative and the adjective so they agree with the feminine noun.

For example:

• هذه الزجاجة باردة = This bottle is cold

Compare:

• هذا الشراب بارد = masculine singular
• هذه الزجاجة باردة = feminine singular

The main changes are:

• هذا → هذه
• بارد → باردة

So agreement is very important in Arabic.