היא מנהלת צוות קטן.

A natural pronunciation is:

hi menahelet tsevet katan

A rough breakdown:

• היא = hi
• מנהלת = menahelet
• צוות = tsevet / tzevet
• קטן = katan

The stress is usually:

• me-na-HE-let
• TSE-vet
• ka-TAN

היא means she.

Hebrew marks gender in third-person singular pronouns:

• הוא = he
• היא = she

So the sentence is specifically about a female subject.

Because it is the present-tense feminine singular form of the verb לנהל = to manage.

Hebrew present tense changes for gender and number. For this verb:

• מנהל = manages / is managing for a masculine singular subject
• מנהלת = manages / is managing for a feminine singular subject

Since the subject is היא (she), the verb must be מנהלת.

Yes, but it works differently from English.

In Modern Hebrew, the present tense is usually built from forms that look like participles. A form like מנהלת can mean:

• she manages
• she is managing

The exact meaning depends on context. Hebrew usually does not force a distinction between simple present and present progressive the way English often does.

Yes. מנהלת can also be a noun meaning female manager / female director / female principal, depending on context.

So by itself, מנהלת is ambiguous:

• as a verb: she manages
• as a noun: female manager

In this sentence, היא מנהלת צוות קטן, it is understood as a verb, because the structure is clearly subject + verb + object:

• היא = subject
• מנהלת = verb
• צוות קטן = object

Because את is only used before a definite direct object.

Compare:

• היא מנהלת צוות קטן = She manages a small team
  No את, because צוות קטן is indefinite: a small team
• היא מנהלת את הצוות הקטן = She manages the small team
  Here את appears because הצוות הקטן is definite: the small team

This is a very common thing English speakers ask about, because English has no equivalent marker.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• צוות קטן = small team
• literally: team small

This is normal Hebrew word order for noun + adjective.

Because קטן describes צוות, not היא.

In Hebrew, adjectives agree with the noun they describe, not with the subject of the sentence.

Here:

• היא is feminine, but that only affects the verb מנהלת
• צוות is a masculine singular noun
• so the adjective must also be masculine singular: קטן

That is why you get:

• צוות קטן = a small team

not צוות קטנה.

צוות is generally treated as a masculine singular noun in Modern Hebrew.

That is why it takes:

• masculine adjective: קטן
• singular agreement

Even though a team contains multiple people, the noun itself is grammatically singular, like English team.

Yes, that would be wrong in standard Hebrew.

Why?

• צוות is masculine singular
• the adjective must match it
• so the correct form is קטן, not קטנה

Hebrew adjective agreement is very strict:

• masculine singular: קטן
• feminine singular: קטנה
• masculine plural: קטנים
• feminine plural: קטנות

It is indefinite.

צוות קטן means a small team, not the small team.

If you wanted it to be definite, Hebrew would usually mark that on both the noun and the adjective:

• הצוות הקטן = the small team

So:

• היא מנהלת צוות קטן = she manages a small team
• היא מנהלת את הצוות הקטן = she manages the small team

Yes. This is a very normal sentence pattern:

subject + verb + object

• היא = subject
• מנהלת = verb
• צוות קטן = object

So the sentence structure is straightforward and natural.

Yes. מנהלת comes from the root נ-ה-ל, which is connected to managing, directing, or running something.

Useful related words include:

• לנהל = to manage
• מנהל = male manager / he manages
• מנהלת = female manager / she manages
• ניהול = management

Learning the root can help you recognize whole families of related Hebrew words.