هذا العضو جديد.

This member is new.

Breakdown of هذا العضو جديد.

• هذا: this
• جديد: new
• عضو: member

Questions & Answers about هذا العضو جديد.

Why is there no word for is in هذا العضو جديد?

Because Arabic usually does not use a present-tense verb meaning is/are/am in sentences like this.

So:

• هذا العضو جديد literally looks like this the-member new
• but it means This member is new

This kind of sentence is called a nominal sentence. In the present tense, Arabic simply puts the parts next to each other.

If you want a past or future meaning, then Arabic does use a verb, for example:

• كان هذا العضو جديدًا = This member was new
• سيكون هذا العضو جديدًا = This member will be new

What does هذا mean here, and why is it at the beginning?

هذا means this for a masculine singular noun.

In هذا العضو جديد:

• هذا = this
• العضو = the member
• جديد = new

So هذا العضو means this member.

Arabic commonly places the demonstrative before the noun in simple examples like this. So:

• هذا العضو = this member

Because عضو is masculine singular, هذا is the correct form.