Word
המכבסה מציעה ניקוי יבש.
Meaning
The laundry shop offers dry cleaning.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of המכבסה מציעה ניקוי יבש.
להציע
to offer
ניקוי יבשnikuy yavesh
dry cleaning
מכבסהmichbasâ
laundry shop
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Questions & Answers about המכבסה מציעה ניקוי יבש.
How do you pronounce 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
What does המכבסה mean by itself, and why does it start with ה?
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.
Why is the verb מציעה and not some other form?