यह पदक नया है।

A natural pronunciation is:

• यह → yeh in everyday speech, though a careful/literary pronunciation is closer to yah
• पदक → padak
• नया → nayā
• है → hai

So the full sentence is commonly said as:

yeh padak nayā hai

A rough English-friendly guide would be: yuh/yeh puh-duhk nuh-YAA hai.

Word by word:

• यह = this
• पदक = medal
• नया = new
• है = is

So the structure is literally:

this medal new is

That is normal in Hindi word order.

Hindi usually puts the main verb or copula near the end of the sentence.

So English:

• This medal is new

Hindi:

• यह पदक नया है
• literally: This medal new is

This is one of the most important basic patterns in Hindi: the verb often comes last.

Because नया is not directly describing the noun inside a noun phrase like new medal. Instead, it is the predicate adjective in The medal is new.

Compare:

• नया पदक = a new medal
  Here the adjective comes before the noun.

• यह पदक नया है = This medal is new
  Here नया is part of the predicate, so it comes before है.

So both placements are possible, but they mean slightly different structures.

नया changes to match the gender and number of the noun it refers to.

Since पदक is masculine singular, the correct form is नया.

Common forms are:

• masculine singular: नया
• feminine singular: नई
• masculine plural: नए

Examples:

• यह पदक नया है। = This medal is new.
• यह किताब नई है। = This book is new.
• ये पदक नए हैं। = These medals are new.

पदक is masculine.

You can tell that in this sentence because the adjective is नया, the masculine singular form.

If पदक were feminine, you would expect नई instead.

Hindi does not normally use articles like English a, an, and the.

So पदक can mean:

• a medal
• the medal
• just medal

The context tells you which one is meant.

In यह पदक नया है, the word यह already makes it specific, so the meaning is naturally this medal is new.

Yes. In Hindi, demonstratives like यह and वह often also work as third-person pronouns.

So यह can mean:

• this
• he
• she
• it

depending on context.

In this sentence, because it comes before a noun (पदक), it clearly means this:

• यह पदक = this medal

This is a very common learner question.

In standard written Hindi:

• यह = this (singular)
• ये = these (plural) or sometimes a respectful they

But in everyday spoken Hindi, many speakers pronounce यह as ये and वह as वो.

So you may hear:

• ये पदक नया है in casual speech, even though standard grammar would write यह पदक नया है.

For learning, it is good to know both:

• written standard: यह
• common speech: often sounds like ये

Yes, but the meaning changes slightly.

• यह पदक नया है। = This medal is new.
• यह नया पदक है। = This is a new medal.

In the first sentence, the focus is on the condition/quality of the medal: it is new.

In the second sentence, नया is directly attached to पदक, so you are identifying it as a new medal.

In standard Hindi, है is needed in a complete sentence like this:

• यह पदक नया है।

In very informal conversation, speakers sometimes drop the present-tense copula, especially in short phrases or context-heavy speech, but learners should keep है.

So as a beginner, the safe and correct form is:

• यह पदक नया है।

पदक is a perfectly correct Hindi word meaning medal.

In everyday speech, some speakers may also use the borrowed word मेडल.

So you may encounter both:

• यह पदक नया है।
• यह मेडल नया है।

Both are understandable, but पदक is the more traditional Hindi word.

The pattern is:

[demonstrative] + [noun] + [adjective/complement] + [copula]

In this sentence:

• यह = demonstrative
• पदक = noun
• नया = adjective complement
• है = copula (is)

So the sentence follows a very common Hindi structure for saying that something is something or is a certain way.