Questions & Answers about התמונה יפה, אבל הכיסא ישן.
In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out.
So:
- התמונה יפה = The picture is beautiful
- הכיסא ישן = The chair is old
This is completely normal Hebrew.
If you are talking about the past or future, Hebrew usually does use forms of to be:
- התמונה הייתה יפה = The picture was beautiful
- התמונה תהיה יפה = The picture will be beautiful
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
- תמונה = a picture / picture
- התמונה = the picture
- כיסא = a chair / chair
- הכיסא = the chair
In your sentence, both nouns are definite, so both take ה־.