Questions & Answers about הארוחה בבית פחות יקרה, אבל המסעדה הזאת טובה יותר.
In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out.
So:
- הארוחה בבית פחות יקרה = The meal at home is less expensive
- המסעדה הזאת טובה יותר = This restaurant is better
Hebrew does this very often in the present tense. In past or future, Hebrew usually uses other forms, such as הייתה for was or תהיה for will be.
Because they are feminine singular adjectives, and they must agree with the nouns they describe.
Here the nouns are:
- ארוחה = meal, feminine
- מסעדה = restaurant, feminine
So the adjectives are also feminine singular:
- יקרה = expensive, feminine singular
- טובה = good, feminine singular
If the noun were masculine, you would usually get:
- יקר
- טוב
This kind of gender agreement is very important in Hebrew.