הקפה שם.

The coffee is there.

Breakdown of הקפה שם.

• קפה: coffee
• שם: there

Questions & Answers about הקפה שם.

Why is there no word for is in הקפה שם?

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not stated in the present tense.

So where English says The coffee is there, Hebrew simply says:

הקפה שם
literally: the coffee there

This is completely normal Hebrew.
If you wanted past or future, you would use a form of to be, for example:

• הקפה היה שם = The coffee was there
• הקפה יהיה שם = The coffee will be there

What does the ה־ at the beginning of הקפה mean?

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• קפה = coffee
• הקפה = the coffee

Unlike English, Hebrew attaches the directly to the noun instead of writing it as a separate word.

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