Questions & Answers about הפעולה הזאת חשובה.
A common pronunciation is:
ha-pe'u-LA ha-ZOT kha-shu-VA
A few notes:
- ה at the beginning usually sounds like ha-.
- פעולה is stressed on the last syllable: pe'u-LA.
- הזאת is usually ha-ZOT.
- חשובה begins with ח, a throaty sound that does not exist in standard English. If that is hard at first, an h-like sound is an acceptable beginner approximation.
In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.
So instead of saying:
- The action is important
Hebrew simply says:
- הפעולה חשובה
When you add הזאת, you get:
- הפעולה הזאת חשובה = This action is important
This is completely normal Hebrew grammar.