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Questions & Answers about זה בית גדול.
How do you pronounce זה בית גדול?
A common pronunciation is ze bayit gadol.
A more detailed breakdown:
- זה = ze
- בית = bayit
- גדול = gadol
With vowel marks, it is usually written זֶה בַּיִת גָּדוֹל.
Roughly:
- ze rhymes with meh
- bayit sounds like BA-yit
- gadol sounds like ga-DOL
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
Because in Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So:
- זה בית גדול literally looks like this big house
- but it means This is a big house
This is completely normal in Hebrew.
Compare:
- Present: זה בית גדול = This is a big house
- Past: זה היה בית גדול = This was a big house
- Future: זה יהיה בית גדול = This will be a big house
Why does גדול come after בית instead of before it?