هذا الجواب صحيح.

this

Breakdown of هذا الجواب صحيح.

• الجواب: answer
• صحيح: correct; true

Questions & Answers about هذا الجواب صحيح.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Arabic often uses a nominal sentence in the present tense, with no written or spoken verb equivalent to English is/are.

So:

• هذا الجواب صحيح
• literally: this answer correct
• natural English: This answer is correct

In the present tense, Arabic usually leaves out is.
If you wanted a past-tense version, you would use a verb, for example:

• كان هذا الجواب صحيحًا = This answer was correct

What role does هذا play here?

هذا is a demonstrative pronoun, meaning this.

In this sentence, it points to الجواب:

• هذا = this
• الجواب = the answer

Together, هذا الجواب means this answer.

A useful pattern is:

• هذا الكتاب = this book
• هذا الرجل = this man
• هذا الجواب = this answer

Why is it هذا and not هذه?

Because الجواب is a masculine singular noun.

In Arabic, demonstratives must match the noun in gender and number: