Word
התעריף משנה את מחיר צריכת החשמל.
Meaning
The tariff changes the price of electricity consumption.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of התעריף משנה את מחיר צריכת החשמל.
את
direct object marker
מחיר
price
לשנות
to change
צריכת חשמלtzrikhat chashmal
electricity consumption
Questions & Answers about התעריף משנה את מחיר צריכת החשמל.
How do you pronounce התעריף משנה את מחיר צריכת החשמל?
A common transliteration is:
ha-ta'arif meshane et mekhir tzrikhat ha-khashmal
A rough stress guide:
- ha-ta-a-RIF
- me-sha-NE
- et
- me-KHIR
- tzri-KHAT
- ha-khash-MAL
A few pronunciation notes:
- ח in חשמל and צריכת is the throaty sound heard in modern Hebrew, often written kh in transliteration.
- ע in התעריף is usually very light or silent in modern Israeli Hebrew.
- את here is pronounced et.
Why do some words begin with ה־?
ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the.
In this sentence:
- התעריף = the tariff / the rate
- החשמל = the electricity
Hebrew attaches the directly to the word instead of writing it as a separate word.
What does משנה mean here, and how do I know it is a verb?