הטיימר מראה עשר דקות.

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Breakdown of הטיימר מראה עשר דקות.

• דקה: minute
• להראות: to show
• טיימר: timer

Questions & Answers about הטיימר מראה עשר דקות.

Why does הטיימר start with ה־?

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the in English.

So:

• טיימר = a timer / timer
• הטיימר = the timer

In Hebrew, the definite article is attached directly to the word, not written as a separate word.

Is טיימר actually Hebrew, or is it just borrowed from English?

It is a borrowed word from English, but it is completely normal in modern Hebrew.

Hebrew often uses loanwords for everyday technology, especially in casual speech. So טיימר is a natural word to use for a device timer.

A more native-sounding term may exist in some contexts, but טיימר is what many speakers would naturally say.

How is מראה pronounced, and what does it mean here?

Here מראה is pronounced roughly mar-eh (more precisely mar'eh), and it means shows or displays.

In this sentence, it is the present-tense verb show/display:

• הטיימר מראה = the timer shows / is showing

So the whole sentence is literally structured like:

• the timer
  • shows
    • ten minutes

Why is מראה in this form?