הפינוי מסיים את תקופת השכירות.

Questions & Answers about הפינוי מסיים את תקופת השכירות.

Why does the sentence start with הפינוי and not just פינוי?

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

  • פינוי = evacuation / vacating / clearance
  • הפינוי = the evacuation / the vacating / the clearance

So the sentence is talking about a specific act or event of vacating, not the idea in general.


What does פינוי mean here exactly?

פינוי comes from the root פ־נ־ה, which is related to clearing, vacating, evacuating, or removing.

In this sentence, פינוי most likely means something like:

  • vacating the property
  • moving out
  • clearing out the place

The exact English word depends on context. In landlord-tenant language, vacating or moving out is often the most natural choice.


Why is מסיים used here, and what form is it?

מסיים is the present-tense form of the verb לסיים, meaning to finish or to end.

Here it means ends or brings to an end.

Form details:

  • dictionary form: לסיים
  • present masculine singular: מסיים
  • present feminine singular: מסיימת
  • present masculine plural: מסיימים
  • present feminine plural: מסיימות

Since the subject הפינוי is grammatically masculine singular, the verb appears as מסיים.


How do we know הפינוי is masculine?

In Hebrew, nouns have grammatical gender, and פינוי is masculine.

You can see that from the agreement with the verb:

  • הפינוי מסיים = masculine singular
  • If it were feminine, you would expect מסיימת

So even if the noun refers to an action or event, it still has a grammatical gender that controls verb agreement.


What is את doing in the sentence?

את marks a definite direct object.

Here, the direct object is תקופת השכירות (the rental period / the lease period), and it is definite, so Hebrew uses את before it.

Structure:

  • הפינוי = subject
  • מסיים = verb
  • את תקופת השכירות = definite direct object

Important: את usually does not get translated into English. It is a grammatical marker, not a separate word with meaning like with.


Why is תקופת השכירות considered definite if only השכירות has ה־?

This is a very common Hebrew pattern called a construct chain.

  • תקופת = period of
  • השכירות = the rental / the tenancy / the lease

Together:

  • תקופת השכירות = the rental period / the lease period

In a construct chain, if the second noun is definite, the whole phrase becomes definite. So even though תקופת itself does not have ה־, the whole expression is still definite. That is why את is used before it.


Why is it תקופת and not תקופה?

תקופת is the construct form of תקופה (period).

Hebrew often changes the first noun when saying X of Y.

So:

  • תקופה = a period
  • תקופת השכירות = the period of the rental / the rental period

This is similar to:

  • שנה = year
  • שנת הלימודים = school year / academic year

The construct form links one noun to the noun that follows it.


What does שכירות mean here: rent, rental, or lease?

שכירות can refer to renting/tenancy in general, and in context it can be translated in different ways:

  • rental
  • tenancy
  • lease

So תקופת השכירות could be rendered as:

  • the rental period
  • the tenancy period
  • the lease term

The best English choice depends on the legal or everyday context.


Could the sentence be translated as The vacating ends the lease term?

Yes. That is a very reasonable translation.

Other natural possibilities include:

  • Vacating the property ends the lease term.
  • The move-out ends the rental period.
  • The evacuation ends the tenancy period.

The most natural English version depends on context. If this is about a tenant leaving an apartment, vacating the property is often the clearest choice.


Is Hebrew word order flexible here?

Yes, Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but this sentence uses a very normal order:

  • Subject + Verb + Object
  • הפינוי מסיים את תקופת השכירות

You could sometimes rearrange parts for emphasis, but this version is neutral and standard.

For a learner, this sentence is a good example of straightforward Hebrew word order.


How would this sentence change if the subject were feminine?

Then the present-tense verb would also become feminine.

For example, if the subject were a feminine noun, you would use:

  • מסיימת instead of מסיים

So the pattern is:

  • masculine singular subject → מסיים
  • feminine singular subject → מסיימת

This is an important feature of Hebrew: present-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.


How is this sentence pronounced?

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-pi-NOO-ee me-sa-YEM et tku-FAT ha-s'khi-ROOT

A few notes:

  • הפינוי = ha-pinui
  • מסיים = mesayem
  • תקופת = tkufat
  • השכירות = ha-s'khirut or ha-sekhirut, depending on accent and pronunciation style

The stress is usually near the end in:

  • פינוי
  • מסיים
  • שכירות

Can מסיים mean both finishes and ends?

Yes. The verb לסיים often covers both ideas.

Depending on context, מסיים can mean:

  • finishes
  • completes
  • ends
  • brings to an end

In this sentence, ends is the most natural English choice, because the object is the rental period. English normally says a thing ends a period, rather than finishes a period, though both may be understandable.

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