Questions & Answers about האישון קטן, אבל חדות הראייה טובה.
Because this is a present-tense nominal sentence. In Hebrew, when you say that something is something in the present, you usually do not use a separate word for is.
So:
- האישון קטן = the pupil is small
- חדות הראייה טובה = the visual acuity is good
In past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be, but in the present, they are normally omitted.
ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
- אישון = pupil
- האישון = the pupil
and
- ראייה = vision / seeing
- הראייה = the vision
Hebrew adds the article directly to the beginning of the word, instead of using a separate word like English the.