הממשלה הודיעה על שינוי.

Because ממשלה (government) is a grammatically feminine singular noun in Hebrew. Hebrew verbs in the past tense must agree with their subject in gender and number, so:

• הממשלה הודיעה = the government announced
• not הודיע, which would be masculine singular

Even though a government is made up of many people, the noun itself is singular, so the verb is singular too.

The dictionary form is הודיע, which means to announce / to inform.

In this sentence, הודיעה is the:

• past tense
• 3rd person feminine singular

So the pattern is:

• הוא הודיע = he announced
• היא הודיעה = she announced

Since הממשלה is feminine, Hebrew uses הודיעה.

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

So:

• ממשלה = a government / government
• הממשלה = the government

In this sentence, it refers to a specific government, so Hebrew uses ה־.

The verb להודיע is often followed by על when saying what was announced:

• להודיע על משהו = to announce something / to announce about something

So:

• הודיעה על שינוי = announced a change / announced a change was coming

This is just the normal Hebrew pattern for this meaning. English usually says announce a change, but Hebrew commonly uses על here.

Because שינוי is not being used here as a direct object marked with את. Instead, it comes after the preposition על.

Hebrew uses את only before a definite direct object. But here we have:

• הודיעה על שינוי
• literally: announced about a change

Since שינוי is part of the prepositional phrase על שינוי, את is not used.

Because it means a change, not the change.

Compare:

• על שינוי = about a change
• על השינוי = about the change

So this sentence sounds more general or introduces the change as new information. If the speaker and listener already knew which change was meant, Hebrew might use השינוי instead.

שינוי is a masculine singular noun.

That matters if you add an adjective, for example:

• שינוי גדול = a big change
• השינוי הגדול = the big change

Even though there is no adjective in your sentence, learners often want to know the noun’s gender because it affects agreement later.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-mem-sha-LA ho-DI-a al shi-NUY

More carefully:

• הממשלה = ha-memshaLA
• הודיעה = hoDIa
• על = al
• שינוי = shiNUY

The main stress is usually on the last syllable of ממשלה and שינוי, and on the middle syllable of הודיעה.

הממשלה הודיעה על שינוי is the most neutral and standard order: subject + verb + complement.

Hebrew can sometimes change word order for style or emphasis, but this version is the plain, natural one for most situations.

For example, you might see a different order in headlines or more literary contexts, but for everyday learning, this is the pattern to remember.

Both can relate to speaking, but they are not the same.

• אמרה = said
• הודיעה = announced / informed

So הודיעה sounds more official, formal, or public. It fits well with something like the government announced.

If you used אמרה, it would mean more simply the government said, which is possible in some contexts but not quite as specific.