משקפי הקריאה נמצאים בנרתיק המשקפיים.

The reading glasses are in the glasses case.

Breakdown of משקפי הקריאה נמצאים בנרתיק המשקפיים.

• להימצא: to be located
• משקפי קריאה: reading glasses
• נרתיק משקפיים: glasses case

Questions & Answers about משקפי הקריאה נמצאים בנרתיק המשקפיים.

Why is glasses written as משקפי here, and not משקפיים?

Because משקפי is the construct form of משקפיים.

• משקפיים = glasses
• משקפי הקריאה = reading glasses

In Hebrew, when two nouns are linked in an X of Y relationship, the first noun often changes form. This is called the construct state (סמיכות).

So:

• משקפיים = glasses
• משקפי שמש = sunglasses
• משקפי הקריאה = reading glasses

Literally, משקפי הקריאה is something like the glasses of reading.

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Why is there ה on הקריאה, but not on משקפי?

This is also because of the construct state.

In a construct chain, the definiteness of the whole phrase is usually shown on the second noun, not the first.

So:

• משקפי קריאה = reading glasses / some reading glasses
• משקפי הקריאה = the reading glasses

Even though משקפי itself does not have ה, the whole phrase is definite because הקריאה is definite.

This is a very common pattern in Hebrew.

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