פרוטוקול מצב הדירה כולל ליקוי.

The apartment condition report includes a defect.

Breakdown of פרוטוקול מצב הדירה כולל ליקוי.

• לכלול: to include
• פרוטוקול מצב הדירה: apartment condition report
• ליקוי: defect

Questions & Answers about פרוטוקול מצב הדירה כולל ליקוי.

Why is it מצב הדירה and not המצב הדירה?

This is a construct chain in Hebrew, called סמיכות.

• מצב = condition / state of
• הדירה = the apartment

So מצב הדירה literally means the condition of the apartment.

In a construct chain, the first noun usually does not take ה־ even when the whole phrase is definite. The definiteness is carried by the second noun:

• מצב דירה = apartment condition / condition of an apartment
• מצב הדירה = the condition of the apartment

So המצב הדירה would be incorrect.

Why is the verb כולל and not כוללת?

Because the grammatical subject is פרוטוקול מצב הדירה, and the head noun of that subject is פרוטוקול, which is masculine singular.

Hebrew verbs in the present tense agree with the subject in gender and number:

• כולל = masculine singular
• כוללת = feminine singular
• כוללים = masculine plural
• כוללות = feminine plural

Even though דירה is feminine, it is not the main noun of the subject. The main noun is פרוטוקול, so the sentence uses כולל.

Is כולל really a verb here? It looks like an adjective or participle.