האצטדיון מלא!

A common pronunciation is ha-itztadyon male.

A more detailed breakdown:

• האצטדיון = ha-itztadyon
• מלא = male

Approximate stress:

• ha-itz-ta-DYON
• ma-LE

So the whole sentence sounds like: ha-itz-ta-DYON ma-LE!

אצטדיון means stadium.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• אצטדיון = stadium
• האצטדיון = the stadium

This ה־ is extremely common in Hebrew and is attached directly to the noun.

In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.

So instead of saying something literally equivalent to The stadium is full, Hebrew simply says:

• האצטדיון מלא

This is very normal Hebrew sentence structure. English needs is, but Hebrew usually does not in the present tense.

Compare:

• החדר גדול = The room is big
• הילד עייף = The boy is tired
• האצטדיון מלא = The stadium is full

Yes. מלא is an adjective meaning full.

In this sentence, it describes האצטדיון, so the structure is basically:

• האצטדיון = the stadium
• מלא = full

Together: The stadium is full.

Hebrew often uses a noun followed by an adjective in these present-tense sentences without a separate word for is.

Hebrew adjectives agree with the noun in gender and number.

אצטדיון is:

• masculine
• singular

So the adjective must also be masculine singular:

• מלא = masculine singular

Other forms would be:

• מלאה = feminine singular
• מלאים = masculine plural
• מלאות = feminine plural

For example:

• הכוס מלאה = The cup is full
  because כוס is feminine singular
• האצטדיונים מלאים = The stadiums are full
  because stadiums is masculine plural

In Hebrew, noun gender often has to be learned word by word, although some endings can give hints.

אצטדיון is a masculine noun, so adjectives describing it take masculine forms, like מלא.

A useful habit is to learn new nouns together with:

• their meaning
• their gender
• maybe one example sentence

So instead of learning just אצטדיון = stadium, it helps to learn:

• אצטדיון גדול
• האצטדיון מלא

That reinforces that it behaves as a masculine noun.

It is a borrowed word, ultimately related to stadium.

That is very common in modern Hebrew. Many everyday words came into Hebrew from other languages and were adapted to Hebrew pronunciation and spelling.

Even though it is borrowed, it behaves like a normal Hebrew noun:

• it takes ה־ for the
• it has grammatical gender
• it can take plural forms

Its basic meaning here is full, but like many adjectives, its exact sense depends on context.

For example, מלא can suggest:

• physically full
• filled up
• packed

So האצטדיון מלא could mean:

• the stadium is full
• the stadium is packed

If you want to be more explicit, Hebrew can also say:

• האצטדיון מלא באנשים = The stadium is full of people

In this sentence, מלא is not part of a noun phrase like the full stadium. It is functioning as the predicate adjective: The stadium is full.

So:

• האצטדיון מלא = The stadium is full

But if you wanted to say the full stadium as a noun phrase, then the adjective would normally also be definite:

• האצטדיון המלא

That is a different structure.

So compare:

• האצטדיון מלא = The stadium is full
• האצטדיון המלא = the full stadium

The normal, straightforward order is:

• האצטדיון מלא

That is the most natural basic form for learners.

Hebrew can sometimes change word order for style, emphasis, or in literary language, but for everyday speech, this noun + adjective pattern is the standard one to use here.

So if you are learning, האצטדיון מלא is the form you should produce.

The plural of אצטדיון is אצטדיונים.

So:

• האצטדיון מלא = The stadium is full
• האצטדיונים מלאים = The stadiums are full

Notice that both the noun and the adjective change:

• אצטדיון → אצטדיונים
• מלא → מלאים

That is a good example of adjective agreement in Hebrew.