הפעולה הזאת חשובה.

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Breakdown of הפעולה הזאת חשובה.

• חשוב: important
• פעולה: action; operation

Questions & Answers about הפעולה הזאת חשובה.

How do you pronounce 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.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

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.

Why does הזאת come after the noun instead of before it?

In Hebrew, demonstratives like this usually come after the noun.

So:

• הפעולה הזאת = this action

This is different from English, where we say this action.

A useful pattern is:

• ה... הזאת for a feminine singular noun: the ... this
• Literally it looks like the action this, but in natural English it means this action