המתפרה ליד המכבסה.

Because Hebrew often leaves out is / are in the present tense.

So המתפרה ליד המכבסה literally looks like:

• the tailor shop
• next to
• the laundromat

But it naturally means The tailor shop is next to the laundromat.

This is called a nominal sentence. In present-time statements, Hebrew usually does not use a separate verb meaning is.

You could sometimes hear המתפרה היא ליד המכבסה, with היא added, but that is less neutral and often sounds more emphatic or contrastive.

ליד means next to, beside, or sometimes by.

In this sentence:

• המתפרה ליד המכבסה = The tailor shop is next to the laundromat

It is a very common preposition in Hebrew.

Examples:

• הספר ליד הטלפון = The book is next to the phone
• הבית ליד הים = The house is by the sea

So ליד is doing the job that next to / beside / by would do in English.

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

So:

• מתפרה = a tailor shop / sewing workshop
• המתפרה = the tailor shop

and:

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

In this sentence, both nouns are definite, so both take ה.

Yes, both are feminine singular nouns.

A big clue is the ending ־ה, which often marks feminine nouns in Hebrew.

So:

• מתפרה = feminine singular
• מכבסה = feminine singular

That matters when you use adjectives or verbs with them.

For example:

• המתפרה קטנה = The tailor shop is small
• המכבסה סגורה = The laundromat is closed

The adjectives קטנה and סגורה are in the feminine singular form to match the nouns.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-mit-pe-RA le-YAD ha-makh-be-SA

A slightly more natural transliteration would be:

hamitperá leyád hamakhbesá

Stress is usually near the end in both nouns:

• המתפרה → stress on -rá
• המכבסה → stress on -sá

And ליד is pronounced leyad.

This is a very normal Hebrew word order for a simple location sentence:

• subject
  • place phrase

So:

• המתפרה = the subject
• ליד המכבסה = the location

Literally:

• The tailor shop
  • next to the laundromat

Hebrew often uses this straightforward order when saying where something is.

You could rearrange things in some contexts for emphasis, but this version is the most neutral and natural.

Yes, grammatically you can.

That sentence means:

The laundromat is next to the tailor shop

Since next to describes a two-way spatial relationship, the real-world location is basically the same. But the focus changes:

• המתפרה ליד המכבסה focuses on the tailor shop
• המכבסה ליד המתפרה focuses on the laundromat

So the choice depends on what you are talking about.

מתפרה is a tailor shop, alteration shop, or sewing workshop.

It comes from the root ת־פ־ר, which is related to sewing.

So this is not just the person tailor, but the place/business where sewing or clothing alterations are done.

A learner may confuse it with the person:

• תופר = a male seamster/tailor in some contexts
• תופרת = a female seamstress
• מתפרה = tailor shop / sewing workshop

מכבסה can mean a laundromat, laundry, or laundry service, depending on context.

It comes from a root related to washing clothes.

So in English, the best translation depends on the situation:

• a self-service laundromat
• a place that washes clothes for customers
• sometimes simply the laundry

If your lesson gave one specific meaning, use that one, but the Hebrew word can cover more than one English possibility.

It would be less natural in most ordinary situations.

Hebrew can use nouns without ה when the meaning is indefinite, but in a simple stand-alone sentence like this, המתפרה ליד המכבסה sounds much more natural if you mean specific places: the tailor shop and the laundromat.

Without ה, the sentence would sound more like:

• a tailor shop next to a laundromat

That is possible in some contexts, but it is not the same meaning.

Yes, absolutely.

Even though it has no separate word for is, it is a complete and normal Hebrew sentence.

Hebrew often forms present-tense sentences with:

• a noun phrase
• plus a description, location, or identification

So המתפרה ליד המכבסה is fully complete and natural, just like:

• הילד בבית = The boy is at home
• המפתחות על השולחן = The keys are on the table

This is one of the most important sentence patterns in Hebrew.