אף על פי שהריצוף חדש, עדיין חסרה רובה.

It means although, even though, or despite the fact that.

So:

אף על פי שהריצוף חדש
= Although the flooring is new

This is a fairly formal or neutral connector. In everyday speech, many speakers also use למרות ש־ for although / even though.

The ש־ means that and introduces the clause that follows.

So:

• אף על פי ש... = although / even though ...
• literally, something like even on the mouth of that..., but you should treat the whole expression as one fixed conjunction.

In this sentence:

אף על פי שהריצוף חדש
= although the flooring is new

The ש־ is attached directly to ה in שהריצוף.

ריצוף means flooring, tilework, or the tiled surface/floor installation, depending on context.

With the ה־, הריצוף means the flooring or the tiling.

So this sentence is talking about the floor surface itself, not necessarily just individual tiles.

Because ריצוף is grammatically masculine singular, so the adjective must agree with it.

• ריצוף = masculine singular
• חדש = masculine singular adjective meaning new

If the noun were feminine singular, you would expect חדשה instead.

So:

• הריצוף חדש = the flooring is new
• not הריצוף חדשה

In the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for is / are.

So:

• הריצוף חדש literally = the flooring new
• natural English = the flooring is new

The same thing happens in the second half:

• חסרה רובה literally = missing grout
• natural English = grout is missing / there is still no grout

This is completely normal Hebrew grammar.

Because רובה is a feminine singular noun, and חסרה agrees with it.

• רובה = grout, feminine singular
• חסר = masculine singular
• חסרה = feminine singular

So:

• חסרה רובה = grout is missing / there is still no grout

This agreement may feel surprising because the noun comes after the adjective, but the adjective still agrees with the noun.

Hebrew often puts חסר / חסרה / חסרים / חסרות before the noun in expressions meaning is missing / are lacking.

So:

• חסרה רובה = grout is missing
• very natural in Hebrew

You can also hear רובה חסרה, but that usually sounds more marked, more contrastive, or more focused on the grout as the topic.

In other words:

• חסרה רובה = neutral, natural statement of lack
• רובה חסרה = more like the grout is what's missing

עדיין means still.

So:

עדיין חסרה רובה
= grout is still missing
or
= there is still no grout

It shows that the missing grout is an ongoing situation, even though the flooring is already new.

Because רובה here is being used in an indefinite or more general sense: grout rather than the grout.

So the sentence means something like:

• there is still no grout
• grout is still missing

If you said הרובה, that would usually mean the grout, referring to specific grout already known in the conversation.

Yes. In construction and home-improvement contexts, רובה is the standard Hebrew word for grout, especially the material placed between tiles.

So this sentence is very natural in a renovation or building context.

A common pronunciation is:

af al pi sheha-ritzuf chadash, adayin chasera rova

A few notes:

• אף על פי = af al pi
• שהריצוף = sheha-ritzuf
• חדש = chadash
• עדיין = adayin
• חסרה = chasera
• רובה = rova

Exact pronunciation can vary a bit by speaker and accent, but this is a good practical guide.

Yes. Both are good ways to understand it.

עדיין חסרה רובה can be rendered as:

• grout is still missing
• there is still no grout yet
• the grout still hasn’t been put in

The Hebrew focuses on the idea of absence/lack, and English can express that in several natural ways.