Breakdown of שמים את ארגזי הקרטון על משטח עץ.
Questions & Answers about שמים את ארגזי הקרטון על משטח עץ.
שמים is the present-tense plural form of the verb לשים (to put / to place).
Hebrew often leaves the subject unstated when it is clear from context or when the sentence is giving a general instruction. So שמים can mean:
- they put
- you put (in an informal instructional sense)
- people put / one puts
In practical Hebrew, this kind of sentence is very common in instructions, descriptions of procedures, and general statements.
Yes. שמים is the masculine plural present form of לשים.
A quick breakdown:
- אני שם / שמה = I put / am putting
- הוא שם = he puts
- היא שמה = she puts
- הם שמים = they put
- הן שמות = they put (feminine)
In this sentence, the plural form is used without an explicit subject, which is very natural in Hebrew.
את marks a definite direct object.
In Hebrew, you usually use את before the direct object when that object is definite, for example:
- a noun with ה־
- a name
- a possessive noun
- a construct phrase that is definite
Here, ארגזי הקרטון is definite, so Hebrew uses את.
Important: את is not translated into English. It is just a grammatical marker.