המחשבה הזאת מעניינת.

This thought is interesting.

Breakdown of המחשבה הזאת מעניינת.

• זה: this
• מעניין: interesting
• מחשבה: thought

Questions & Answers about המחשבה הזאת מעניינת.

How do you pronounce המחשבה הזאת מעניינת?

A common pronunciation is:

ha-mach-sha-VA ha-ZOT me-an-YE-net

A more careful transliteration would be:

ha-makhshavá hazót me'anyénet

Notes:

• ח in המחשבה is a throaty sound, like kh.
• The stress is usually on the last syllable in מחשבה, הזאת, and מעניינת.

What does המחשבה mean by itself?

מחשבה means thought.

With the ה־ attached, המחשבה means the thought.

So:

• מחשבה = a thought / thought
• המחשבה = the thought

What does the ה־ at the beginning do?

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• מחשבה = thought
• המחשבה = the thought

Hebrew usually adds ה־ directly to the beginning of the word instead of using a separate word like English the.

Why does הזאת come after the noun instead of before it?