יחסים נבנים עם הזמן.

Because in the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for am / is / are.

So:

• יחסים נבנים literally looks like relationships built/being-built
• but in natural English it means relationships are built

This is very normal in Hebrew. The verb form נבנים already carries the main idea, and Hebrew does not add a present-tense are.

נבנים is the masculine plural present form of the verb להיבנות, from the root ב-נ-ה (to build).

In this sentence it means:

• are built
• get built
• are being built

So יחסים נבנים means relationships are built.

The form is plural because יחסים is plural.

Hebrew verbs in the present tense must agree with the noun in gender and number.

Here:

• יחסים = plural
• grammatically, יחסים is masculine plural
• so the verb must also be masculine plural: נבנים

If the subject were feminine plural, the form would be different.

Here it is best understood as passive.

Compare:

• אנשים בונים יחסים = People build relationships
• יחסים נבנים עם הזמן = Relationships are built over time

So the sentence focuses on the idea that relationships develop / get built, rather than on who builds them.

In English, the most natural translation is usually passive: Relationships are built over time.

יחסים is a plural noun. It often means:

• relations
• relationships

In many contexts, Hebrew uses יחסים where English might also talk about a relationship in a broad sense, but grammatically the word itself is plural.

A useful thing to know:

• יחסים often refers to relations between people
• for a relationship as a single countable thing, Hebrew often says מערכת יחסים

So this sentence uses the broad, natural Hebrew wording: יחסים נבנים עם הזמן.

Because the sentence is making a general statement:

• Relationships are built over time

Hebrew often leaves off the definite article when speaking generally, just like English can use a bare plural noun:

• Cats are independent
• Children learn quickly
• Relationships are built over time

If you said היחסים, that would usually mean the relationships—specific ones already known from context.

Literally, עם הזמן means with the time.

But in natural English, it usually means:

• with time
• over time
• as time goes by

Yes, it functions like a very common Hebrew expression. In this sentence, over time is the most natural translation.

Good question. Some Hebrew prepositions combine directly with ה־:

• ב + ה → בַ
• ל + ה → לַ
• כ + ה → כַ

But עם does not combine that way. So Hebrew keeps them separate:

• עם הזמן
• not a merged form

So this phrase is completely regular.

Yes. This is a very natural Hebrew sentence.

Structure:

• יחסים = subject
• נבנים = verb/predicate
• עם הזמן = time expression

So the sentence flows as:

• Relationships
• are built
• over time

That is a normal and clear Hebrew order.

Not usually. Even though Hebrew verb patterns can sometimes have reflexive or middle-like meanings, here the natural reading is simply:

• Relationships are built over time
• or Relationships develop over time

So learners should understand נבנים here mainly as a passive or passive-like form, not literally build themselves.

It is in the present tense.

However, Hebrew present tense often covers meanings that English expresses in several ways, such as:

• are built
• get built
• are being built

In a general statement like this one, English normally uses the simple present passive:

• Relationships are built over time

So even though the Hebrew form is present, the sentence expresses a general truth.