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Questions & Answers about כיף במשחק הזה.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Hebrew, the present-tense verb to be is usually left out. So a sentence can literally look like fun in this game and still mean this game is fun or it’s fun in this game, depending on context.
If you want past or future, Hebrew does use a form of to be:
- היה כיף במשחק הזה = It was fun in this game
- יהיה כיף במשחק הזה = It will be fun in this game
What exactly is כיף here?
כיף is a very common colloquial Hebrew word meaning fun, pleasant, or enjoyable.
In everyday speech, it often behaves like a predicate all by itself:
- כיף פה = It’s fun here
- היה כיף = It was fun
So in this sentence, כיף is the part that gives the overall evaluation: the speaker is saying that the experience is fun.
Why is במשחק written as one word?