הילד מצייר בית קטן על הדף, והילדה מציירת עץ ליד הבית.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• ילד = a boy / boy
• הילד = the boy
• ילדה = a girl / girl
• הילדה = the girl
• דף = a page / page
• הדף = the page
• בית = a house / house
• הבית = the house

Hebrew usually adds ה־ directly to the beginning of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

Because in Hebrew, the present tense form of many verbs agrees with the subject’s gender and number.

Here the verb is from לצייר = to draw.

Present tense forms:

• מצייר = drawing / draws for masculine singular
• מציירת = drawing / draws for feminine singular

So:

• הילד מצייר = the boy is drawing
• הילדה מציירת = the girl is drawing

This is very common in Hebrew. Unlike English, Hebrew often shows gender directly in the verb form.

Yes, מצייר and מציירת are present tense forms.

In Hebrew, present tense verbs often look like what English would translate as either:

• draws
• is drawing

depending on context.

So:

• הילד מצייר בית קטן can mean the boy draws a small house or more naturally here the boy is drawing a small house.

Hebrew does not need a separate word like English is in this kind of sentence.

In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• בית קטן = a small house
• literally: house small

This is the normal word order in Hebrew.

A few more examples:

• ילד קטן = a small boy
• ילדה קטנה = a small girl
• עץ גדול = a big tree

So the adjective position here is completely standard.

Because בית is a masculine noun, and adjectives in Hebrew usually agree with the noun in gender and number.

So:

• בית קטן = small house
  because בית is masculine singular
• ילדה קטנה = small girl
  because ילדה is feminine singular

The adjective has to match the noun it describes.

Hebrew uses את before a definite direct object, usually when the object is the..., a name, or something specific.

Here we have:

• בית קטן = a small house → indefinite
• עץ = a tree → indefinite

Because they are indefinite, את is not used.

Compare:

• הילד מצייר בית קטן = The boy is drawing a small house
• הילד מצייר את הבית = The boy is drawing the house

So the absence of את is exactly what you would expect here.

Because once the house has been introduced, it can become the house when mentioned again.

First:

• בית קטן = a small house

Then:

• ליד הבית = next to the house

This works much like English:

• The boy is drawing a small house. The girl is drawing a tree next to the house.

After the house has already been mentioned, it is now a specific house, so Hebrew uses הבית.

על means on.

So:

• על דף = on a page
• על הדף = on the page

Again, Hebrew adds the definite article directly to the noun:

• דף = page
• הדף = the page

So על הדף literally means on the page.

Yes. ליד is a preposition meaning next to, beside, or by.

So:

• ליד הבית = next to the house

This is a very common Hebrew preposition.

Examples:

• ליד הדלת = next to the door
• ליד השולחן = beside the table

The prefix ו־ usually means and.

So:

• הילדה = the girl
• והילדה = and the girl

Hebrew often joins and directly to the next word as a prefix instead of writing it as a separate word.

So this part of the sentence is:

• והילדה מציירת... = and the girl is drawing...

Yes. This is very normal Hebrew word order.

The basic pattern here is:

• subject + verb + object + extra information

For example:

• הילד מצייר בית קטן על הדף

  • the boy
    • is drawing
      • a small house
        • on the page

• והילדה מציירת עץ ליד הבית

  • and the girl
    • is drawing
      • a tree
        • next to the house

Hebrew can sometimes be flexible with word order, but this sentence uses a straightforward and natural structure.

The dictionary form is לצייר, which means to draw.

You will often see Hebrew verbs listed in the infinitive form with ל־, like English to + verb.

So:

• לצייר = to draw
• מצייר = drawing / draws (masculine singular)
• מציירת = drawing / draws (feminine singular)

If you are learning vocabulary, לצייר is the form you would usually memorize.

A simple pronunciation guide would be:

ha-yeled metzayer bayit katan al ha-daf, veha-yalda metzayeret etz leyad ha-bayit

A few notes:

• הילד = ha-yeled
• הילדה = ha-yalda
• מצייר = metzayer
• מציירת = metzayeret
• עץ = etz
• ליד = leyad

Different accents may sound slightly different, but this is a useful learner-friendly pronunciation.

In this sentence, בית is best understood as house.

The context is drawing physical things on a page:

• a boy draws a small house
• a girl draws a tree next to the house

So house fits best here.

That said, בית can also mean home in other contexts, depending on the sentence.