המכבסה מציעה ניקוי יבש.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-makh-be-SA matsi-A ni-KUY ya-VESH

A smoother transliteration would be:

hamakhbesa matsi'a nikuy yavesh

A few notes:

• ה at the beginning of המכבסה is ha-, the definite article the
• כ in מכבסה is usually pronounced like kh / ch in Bach
• מציעה has a little break before the last vowel: matsi'a
• The stress is usually:
  • makhbeSA
  • matsiA
  • niKUY
  • yaVESH

מכבסה means laundry or laundromat / laundry service, depending on context.

The ה at the beginning is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• מכבסה = a laundry / laundromat
• המכבסה = the laundry / the laundromat

In this sentence, המכבסה is the subject: the laundry.

Because מכבסה is a feminine singular noun, and in Hebrew the verb agrees with the subject in gender and number.

The base verb is להציע = to offer.

In the present tense:

• מציע = masculine singular
• מציעה = feminine singular
• מציעים = masculine plural / mixed plural
• מציעות = feminine plural

Since המכבסה is feminine singular, Hebrew uses מציעה.

So the pattern is:

• המכבסה מציעה = the laundry offers

A very common clue is the ending -ה. Many Hebrew nouns ending in -ה are feminine.

So מכבסה is treated as feminine, which is why the verb is מציעה.

This is something Hebrew learners need to get used to: even objects and places have grammatical gender, and verbs in the present tense reflect that.

ניקוי יבש is the standard Hebrew expression for dry cleaning.

It is made of:

• ניקוי = cleaning
• יבש = dry

Literally, it looks like dry cleaning / cleaning dry depending on how you think about it, but the full phrase functions as one service name: dry cleaning.

You should learn ניקוי יבש as a fixed expression.

Because יבש here agrees with ניקוי, not with מכבסה.

That is an important point.

• מכבסה is feminine, so the verb is מציעה
• But ניקוי is a masculine noun, so the adjective is יבש

So:

• ניקוי = masculine
• therefore יבש = masculine singular

If the noun being described were feminine, the adjective form would change. But here it matches ניקוי, not מכבסה.

Because the sentence is talking about the service in a general sense: offers dry cleaning.

In English, we also usually say:

• The laundry offers dry cleaning not
• The laundry offers the dry cleaning

Hebrew works similarly here. The phrase is indefinite and generic.

If you added ה, it would sound more specific, like talking about a particular dry-cleaning service already known in the conversation.

Yes. This is a very normal Hebrew sentence pattern:

subject + verb + object

So:

• המכבסה = subject
• מציעה = verb
• ניקוי יבש = object

Hebrew can sometimes vary word order for emphasis, but this sentence is straightforward and natural.

Yes, that is possible, but the meaning changes slightly.

• המכבסה מציעה ניקוי יבש = the laundry offers dry cleaning
• מכבסה מציעה ניקוי יבש = a laundry offers dry cleaning or a laundry service offers dry cleaning

So the version with ה is definite, and the version without ה is indefinite.

It comes from the root צ-ו-ע? No. In practical learning terms, it comes from the verb להציע = to offer / to propose.

For most learners, the most useful thing is to memorize:

• להציע = to offer
• מציע / מציעה = offering
• הציע = offered

Hebrew roots can be helpful, but at this stage it is usually enough to connect מציעה with the dictionary form להציע.

Usually מכבסה refers to the place or business: a laundry, laundromat, or laundry service.

The exact English translation depends on context:

• a self-service laundromat
• a laundry shop
• a cleaning/laundry service

In this sentence, because it offers dry cleaning, it clearly refers to a business or service location, not just the general activity of washing clothes.

Yes, the verb להציע can mean both to offer and to suggest / propose, depending on context.

For example:

• הוא מציע עזרה = he offers help
• היא מציעה רעיון = she suggests an idea

In this sentence, because the object is ניקוי יבש, the meaning is clearly offers, not suggests.

A natural translation would be:

• The laundry offers dry cleaning.
• The laundromat offers dry-cleaning services.
• The laundry service offers dry cleaning.

Which one sounds best depends on context, but grammatically they all match the Hebrew sentence well.