היא עובדת בחנות היום.

she

Breakdown of היא עובדת בחנות היום.

• לעבוד: to work
• היום: today
• חנות: store

Questions & Answers about היא עובדת בחנות היום.

How do you pronounce היא עובדת בחנות היום?

A natural pronunciation is:

hee o-VE-det ba-kha-NOOT ha-YOM

A few notes:

• היא = hee
• עובדת = o-VE-det
• בחנות can be:
  • ba-kha-NOOT = in the store
  • be-kha-NOOT = in a store
• היום = ha-YOM

The main stresses are usually on -VE-, -NOOT, and YOM.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Hebrew, the present tense usually does not use a separate word for am / is / are.

So:

• היא עובדת can mean she works
• and also she is working

Hebrew often just uses the present-tense verb form by itself, without a separate present-tense form of to be.

Why is עובדת feminine?