La tenda de campanya és nova.

Yes. Tenda de campanya is the normal Catalan expression for tent, especially a camping tent.

A word-for-word breakdown is:

• tenda = tent
• de campanya = for camping / field use

But in practice, you should learn tenda de campanya as a single everyday expression meaning tent.

La is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

So:

• la tenda de campanya = the tent

Catalan, like English, uses the definite article when talking about a specific thing. Here, the sentence is referring to a particular tent, not just any tent.

Catalan has two main verbs that can mean to be:

• ser → used for identity, characteristics, and more permanent qualities
• estar → used more for states or conditions

Here, nova describes a characteristic of the tent, so ser is the normal choice:

• La tenda de campanya és nova = The tent is new

For a beginner, the safest rule is:

• use ser for descriptions like big, new, expensive, red
• use estar more for temporary states or location in some contexts

The accent in és helps show that this word is the verb meaning is.

So:

• és = is

The accent also marks the stressed vowel. In writing, it helps distinguish this verb form from other short words spelled es.

Because adjectives in Catalan usually agree with the noun in gender and number.

Here:

• tenda is feminine singular
• so the adjective must also be feminine singular: nova

Compare:

• nou = masculine singular
• nova = feminine singular
• nous = masculine plural
• noves = feminine plural

So:

• El cotxe és nou = The car is new
• La tenda és nova = The tent is new

You can tell here because it takes the article la:

• la tenda

Many Catalan nouns ending in -a are feminine, and tenda is one of them. Once the noun is feminine, the article and adjective must match it:

• la tenda
• tenda nova

De means of or for, and it often links one noun to another in Catalan.

So de campanya describes what kind of tenda it is. Together, tenda de campanya means a tent used for camping.

This kind of structure is very common in Catalan:

• sabates de muntanya = mountain shoes / hiking boots
• taula de fusta = wooden table
• tenda de campanya = camping tent / tent

So even if the literal English structure is different, the Catalan pattern is very normal.

Yes, but it does not mean exactly the same thing as the full sentence.

• La tenda de campanya és nova = The tent is new
• La nova tenda de campanya = The new tent

The first is a complete sentence. The second is just a noun phrase. It needs more words if you want a full sentence, for example:

• La nova tenda de campanya és gran = The new tent is big

A useful thing to notice is ny.

In Catalan, ny is pronounced like the ñ in Spanish or the ny sound in English canyon.

So campanya sounds roughly like:

• cam-PA-nya

That nya part is one sound unit, not a separate n plus y.

You would make the noun, article, verb, and adjective plural:

• La tenda de campanya és nova = The tent is new
• Les tendes de campanya són noves = The tents are new

Changes:

• la → les
• tenda → tendes
• és → són
• nova → noves