המרק זול יותר מהסלט.

salad

Breakdown of המרק זול יותר מהסלט.

• מרק: soup
• זול: cheap
• יותר: more

Questions & Answers about המרק זול יותר מהסלט.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.

So המרק זול literally looks like the soup cheap, but it means the soup is cheap.

That is completely normal Hebrew grammar.

How does Hebrew express cheaper than here?

Hebrew usually does not make comparatives by adding an ending like English -er.

Instead, it commonly uses this pattern:

noun + adjective + יותר + מ־ + thing compared to

So here:

• זול = cheap
• יותר = more
• מ־ = than / from

So זול יותר מהסלט is literally something like cheap more than the salad, which English naturally translates as cheaper than the salad.

What exactly is מהסלט? Is מה here the word what?

No. Here מהסלט is not the question word what.

It is made of:

• מ־ = than / from
• הסלט = the salad

So:

מ־ + הסלט = מהסלט

In this sentence, it means than the salad.