היום התור בבנק ארוך, אבל מחר התור יהיה קצר יותר.

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.

So:

• התור ארוך = the line is long
• literally: the line long

But in the future, Hebrew normally does use a form of to be:

• התור יהיה קצר יותר = the line will be shorter

So this sentence shows a very common pattern:

• present: no is
• future: use יהיה = will be

יהיה means will be. It is the future tense form of the verb להיות = to be.

In the sentence:

• מחר התור יהיה קצר יותר
• Tomorrow the line will be shorter

Hebrew needs יהיה because this part is in the future.

A useful comparison:

• היום התור ארוך = Today the line is long
• מחר התור יהיה קצר = Tomorrow the line will be short

Because תור is a masculine singular noun.

Hebrew adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness in some contexts, though predicate adjectives like here usually stay in their basic form

So:

• תור ארוך = a long line
• התור ארוך = the line is long
• תור קצר = a short line

If the noun were feminine, you would use:

• ארוכה
• קצרה

For example:

• הפגישה ארוכה = the meeting is long

יותר means more, and it is how Hebrew commonly forms the comparative:

• ארוך = long
• ארוך יותר = longer
• קצר = short
• קצר יותר = shorter

So Hebrew usually does not add something like English -er. Instead, it uses:

• adjective + יותר

Examples:

• גדול יותר = bigger
• מהיר יותר = faster
• טוב יותר = better

So קצר יותר literally means more short, but in natural English that becomes shorter.

Sometimes you may hear both patterns, but קצר יותר is the standard and most neutral form for learners to use.

So for ordinary comparisons, it is best to learn:

• ארוך יותר
• קצר יותר
• גדול יותר
• קטן יותר

That pattern will sound correct in most situations.

Here, התור means the line or the queue.

The noun תור can mean different things depending on context, such as:

• line / queue
• turn
• sometimes appointment slot in modern usage

But in this sentence, because we are talking about the bank and the line being long or shorter, the meaning is clearly:

• the line
• the queue

Hebrew often repeats the noun instead of leaving it out.

So:

• היום התור בבנק ארוך, אבל מחר התור יהיה קצר יותר

literally keeps התור in both clauses:

• Today the line at the bank is long, but tomorrow the line will be shorter

In English, we might sometimes say:

• Today the line at the bank is long, but tomorrow it will be shorter

Hebrew can also sometimes avoid repetition in other ways, but repeating the noun is very normal and natural.

בבנק means in the bank or at the bank, depending on context.

It is made from:

• ב = in / at
• הבנק = the bank

When ב comes before ה, they combine:

• ב + הבנק → בבנק

This is very common in Hebrew.

Other examples:

• בבית = in the house / at home
• בספר = in the book
• במשרד = in the office

In this sentence, בבנק is best understood as at the bank.

In this sentence, היום means today.

Although it looks like the day, it functions as a fixed word meaning today.

So:

• היום = today
• מחר = tomorrow

This is something worth memorizing as vocabulary.

For example:

• היום חם = Today it is hot
• מחר קר = Tomorrow it will be cold

Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, and היום does not absolutely have to come first.

This sentence begins with היום because it sets the time frame right away:

• היום התור בבנק ארוך

That is very natural.

But Hebrew can move time words around for emphasis. For example:

• התור בבנק ארוך היום
• מחר התור יהיה קצר יותר
• התור יהיה קצר יותר מחר

These may sound slightly different in emphasis, but they are all understandable.

For learners, the original word order is a very good, natural model.

התור means the line, while תור means a line or line in a more general sense.

In this sentence, התור is definite because we are talking about a specific line, the one at the bank.

So:

• תור ארוך = a long line
• התור ארוך = the line is long

Using התור sounds natural here because the sentence is about a particular situation.

Yes. אבל means but.

It connects two contrasting ideas:

• Today the line is long
• but tomorrow it will be shorter

This is one of the most common Hebrew connecting words.

Example:

• אני עייף, אבל אני עובד
• I am tired, but I am working

A simple pronunciation guide is:

Ha-yom ha-tor ba-bank a-rokh, a-val ma-khar ha-tor yi-hye ka-tzar yo-ter.

A few notes:

• היום = ha-YOM
• התור = ha-TOR
• בבנק = ba-BANK
• ארוך = a-ROKH
  The final sound is the throaty Hebrew kh sound.
• מחר = ma-KHAR
• יהיה = yi-HYE
• קצר = ka-TZAR
• יותר = yo-TER

Yes, it is natural everyday Hebrew.

It uses several very common features of spoken and written modern Hebrew:

• a time word at the start: היום, מחר
• no present-tense is
• future יהיה
• adjective + יותר for comparison
• a common contrast word: אבל

So this is a very useful model sentence for learners.