העציץ הזה יפה יותר מהעציץ שעל השולחן במרפסת.

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Breakdown of העציץ הזה יפה יותר מהעציץ שעל השולחן במרפסת.

• שולחן: table
• ב: on
• יפה: beautiful

Questions & Answers about העציץ הזה יפה יותר מהעציץ שעל השולחן במרפסת.

Why is הזה placed after העציץ instead of before it?

In Hebrew, demonstratives like this and that usually come after the noun, not before it.

• העציץ הזה = this flowerpot
• literally: the-flowerpot this

This is the normal pattern in Hebrew:

• הספר הזה = this book
• הילדה הזאת = this girl

So for an English speaker, the word order is one of the first things to get used to.

Why does the noun have ה־ in העציץ הזה?

Because in Hebrew, when you say this/that with a noun, the noun is normally definite, so it takes ה־.

So Hebrew says:

• העציץ הזה

not usually:

• עציץ הזה

This is different from English, where this by itself already makes the noun definite.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

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

So:

• העציץ הזה יפה יותר...

literally looks like:

• this flowerpot prettier than...