Breakdown of הכיסא ליד החלון פחות נוח מהספה, ולכן אני תמיד יושבת על הספה וקוראת.
Questions & Answers about הכיסא ליד החלון פחות נוח מהספה, ולכן אני תמיד יושבת על הספה וקוראת.
In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the present tense.
So:
- הכיסא... פחות נוח = The chair ... is less comfortable
- literally, Hebrew says something like The chair ... less comfortable
This is completely normal. If you wanted past or future, you would use forms of להיות:
- הכיסא היה נוח = The chair was comfortable
- הכיסא יהיה נוח = The chair will be comfortable
In the present, Hebrew normally just leaves is/are out.
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
- כיסא = a chair / chair
- הכיסא = the chair
- חלון = a window / window
- החלון = the window
In this sentence, the speaker is talking about a specific chair and a specific window, so Hebrew uses ה־.