هذا خبر مهم عن الطقس.

this

Breakdown of هذا خبر مهم عن الطقس.

• الطقس: weather
• عن: about
• مهم: important

Questions & Answers about هذا خبر مهم عن الطقس.

Why is there no word for is in هذا خبر مهم عن الطقس?

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

So:

• هذا خبر مهم عن الطقس = This is important news about the weather

Arabic simply puts the parts of the sentence together without a present-tense is.

But in the past or future, Arabic does use a verb:

• كان هذا خبرًا مهمًا = This was important news
• سيكون هذا خبرًا مهمًا = This will be important news

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What does هذا mean here?

هذا means this.

In this sentence, it points to something masculine and singular:

• هذا = this
• هذه = this for feminine nouns

Since خبر is masculine singular, هذا is the correct form here.

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Why is it هذا and not هذه?

Because خبر is a masculine singular noun.

In Arabic, demonstratives must match the gender of the noun they refer to.

• هذا خبر = This is news / This is a report
• هذه رسالة =