"هٰذا حَمّام جَديد."

Translation: This is a new bathroom.

[asdoost]

هذا حمام جدید

This is a new bathroom.

هذا الحمام جدید

This bathroom is new.

[zeemanv2]

Thank you!

[Jojokat1]

Thanks

[JasperMay.]

What about "This is THE new bathroom"? I guess you would need a هو:

هذا هو الحمام الجديد.

Because هذا الحمام الجديد means "this new bathroom."

[asdoost]

No. هو means "he".
Since nouns and adjectives have to agree in definiteness, "the new bathroom" is equal to الحمام الجدید.

[JudyJobes]

Very confusing.

[JaiBhagti]

I'm sorry. I don't understand the difference, or how the difference in adding the al is grammatically significant. This is a major weakness with duolingo. More explanation is needed for this, please.

[zeysa4]

Al+hammam=the bathroom.
Hammam=a bathroom

[EdinZenon]

Adding ال gets rid of the "is an/a" in the English sentence basically.

[EdinZenon]

هذا الحمام جديد

This bathroom is new

[henkaipantomime]

how would you say "this new bathroom"?

[EdinZenon]

Add ال for both "new" and "bathroom" if you want to get rid of the "is an/a" in your English sentence.

[EdinZenon]

هذا الحمام الجديدة

[cohendotan]

I was very worried reading the suggested words. الحمدالله this is not a hungry bathroom!

[ChonovskyNikolas]

Why can't it be written as "This bathroom is new"??????
Why always literal translation is required??

[asdoost]

هذا حمام جدید

This is a new bathroom.

هذا الحمام جدید

This bathroom is new.

"Al" is a definite article. When you are using "this" you are indicating a defined phenomenon. So, the word following "this" must have a definite article which in Arabic is "Al" (الـ).