Questions & Answers about התוכנית המאושרת על השולחן.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So where English says:
- The approved plan is on the table
Hebrew simply says:
- התוכנית המאושרת על השולחן
This is completely normal.
If you wanted past or future, Hebrew would usually use a form of to be:
- התוכנית המאושרת הייתה על השולחן = The approved plan was on the table
- התוכנית המאושרת תהיה על השולחן = The approved plan will be on the table
What does התוכנית mean here?
התוכנית means the plan or the program, depending on context.
It breaks down as:
- תוכנית = plan / program
- ה־ = the
So התוכנית = the plan / the program
In this sentence, if the meaning shown to the learner is something like the approved plan is on the table, then plan is the right sense.
Why does התוכנית end with ־ית?
Because תוכנית is a feminine noun.
Many Hebrew feminine nouns end in:
- ־ה
- ־ת
- ־ית
So תוכנית is grammatically feminine, and that matters because words describing it must also be feminine.
That is why the next word is מאושרת and not מאושר.