Word
איפה הספר?
Meaning
Where is the book?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about איפה הספר?
How do you pronounce איפה הספר?
It is pronounced roughly ei-FOH ha-SEH-fer?
- איפה = ei-FOH
- הספר = ha-SEH-fer
The stress is usually on the last syllable of איפה and on the first syllable of ספר in this form.
Why doesn’t the sentence have a word for is?
In present-tense Hebrew, you usually do not say a separate word for is / are.
So Hebrew says:
- איפה הספר? = Where is the book?
Literally, it is more like:
- Where the book?
This is completely normal in Hebrew.
Why is the attached to ספר instead of being a separate word?
In Hebrew, the definite article the is usually added as a prefix: ה־.
So:
- ספר = book
- הספר = the book
This ה is pronounced ha- here, so הספר sounds like ha-sefer.
What is the basic word order here?