Questions & Answers about המזגן במשרד מקולקל, ולכן היום חם שם מאוד.
In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.
So:
- המזגן במשרד מקולקל = The air conditioner in the office is broken
Literally, Hebrew says something like:
- the-air-conditioner in-the-office broken
This is completely normal in modern Hebrew.
If you wanted past or future, then Hebrew would use forms of to be:
- המזגן היה מקולקל = The air conditioner was broken
- המזגן יהיה מקולקל = The air conditioner will be broken
מזגן means air conditioner.
The prefix ה is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
- מזגן = an air conditioner / air conditioner
- המזגן = the air conditioner
The ה is attached directly to the noun, unlike English, where the is a separate word.