המנהל אחראי לתוכנית.

The manager is responsible for the plan.

Breakdown of המנהל אחראי לתוכנית.

• מנהל: manager
• תוכנית: plan
• אחראי: responsible; in charge

Questions & Answers about המנהל אחראי לתוכנית.

How do you pronounce המנהל אחראי לתוכנית?

A common pronunciation is:

ha-me-na-HEL a-khra-AI le-tokh-NIT

With full vowels, it would usually be written something like:

הַמְנַהֵל אַחֲרָאִי לַתּוֹכְנִית

A few pronunciation notes:

• המנהל = ha-me-na-HEL
• אחראי = akh-ra-AI or a-khra-AI depending on accent and how strongly someone pronounces the guttural sound
• לתוכנית = le-tokh-NIT in unpointed writing, but often understood/pronounced as la-tokh-NIT if it means to/for the program with the definite article built in

The stressed syllables are usually:

• me-na-HEL
• akh-ra-AI
• tokh-NIT

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Because in Hebrew, in the present tense, the verb to be is usually not stated.

So:

• המנהל אחראי לתוכנית literally looks like
  the manager responsible for the program
• but it means
  the manager is responsible for the program

This is completely normal in Hebrew.

Compare:

• הוא עייף = he is tired
• היא מורה = she is a teacher
• המנהל אחראי לתוכנית = the manager is responsible for the program

If you wanted past or future, Hebrew would use forms of היה:

• המנהל היה אחראי לתוכנית = the manager was responsible for the program
• המנהל יהיה אחראי לתוכנית = the manager will be responsible for the program