أجل، هذا صحيح.

Yes, that is correct. (formal or emphatic)

Breakdown of أجل، هذا صحيح.

• هذا: this
• أجل: yes (formal or emphatic)
• صحيح: correct; true

Questions & Answers about أجل، هذا صحيح.

What does أجل mean here, and how is it different from نعم?

In this sentence, أجل means yes.

A learner should know that:

• أجل and نعم can both mean yes in Modern Standard Arabic.
• أجل often sounds a bit more formal, bookish, or careful.
• نعم is also standard and is often the more basic, common word learners meet first.

So:

• أجل، هذا صحيح. = Yes, that is correct.
• نعم، هذا صحيح. = also Yes, that is correct.

In everyday spoken Arabic, many dialects use other words for yes, so أجل is mainly something you should recognize and be able to use in formal Arabic.

Why does Arabic use هذا (this) when English often says that’s correct?

This is a very common question.

Literally, هذا صحيح means this is correct.

But in Arabic, هذا is often used to refer to:

• something just mentioned
• an idea
• a statement
• a situation being discussed

So even if English naturally says that’s correct, Arabic may use هذا.

This is not strange in Arabic. It is just the normal way to point to the statement or idea under discussion.

You may also sometimes see ذلك صحيح (that is correct), but هذا صحيح is extremely common and natural.