במטבח החדש יש כיור גדול, אבל הברז קטן מאוד.

In the new kitchen there is a big sink, but the faucet is very small.

Breakdown of במטבח החדש יש כיור גדול, אבל הברז קטן מאוד.

• גדול: big
• קטן: small
• חדש: new
• יש: there is

Questions & Answers about במטבח החדש יש כיור גדול, אבל הברז קטן מאוד.

Why does במטבח mean in the kitchen? Where did the the go?

The prefix ב־ means in / at.

So:

• מטבח = kitchen
• במטבח = in the kitchen

The reason it already means in the kitchen and not just in kitchen is that Hebrew often combines a preposition with ה־ (the).

So underlyingly this is:

• ב + המטבח → במטבח

In other words, the the is still there, but it has merged into the word.

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Why is it המטבח החדש and not החדש המטבח?

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

So:

• מטבח חדש = a new kitchen
• המטבח החדש = the new kitchen

This is the opposite of English, where adjectives usually come before the noun.

The same pattern appears later in the sentence:

• כיור גדול = a big sink
• הברז קטן = the faucet is small

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Why do both מטבח and חדש have ה־ in המטבח החדש?