Word
הרוטב הזה טעים יותר מהרוטב שקנינו בסופרמרקט בשבוע שעבר.
Meaning
This sauce is tastier than the sauce that we bought at the supermarket last week.
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Questions & Answers about הרוטב הזה טעים יותר מהרוטב שקנינו בסופרמרקט בשבוע שעבר.
Why is there no Hebrew word for is in this sentence?
In the present tense, Hebrew usually leaves out the verb to be.
So הרוטב הזה טעים literally looks like this sauce tasty, but it means this sauce is tasty.
This is completely normal in Hebrew.
You would only use forms of to be in the past, future, or in certain special structures.
Why is it הרוטב הזה and not זה הרוטב?
Because Hebrew normally says noun + this/that when the demonstrative describes the noun directly.
- הרוטב הזה = this sauce
- הילד ההוא = that boy
If you say זה הרוטב, that usually means this is the sauce or that is the sauce, not this sauce.
So in this sentence, הרוטב הזה is the normal way to say this sauce.
Why does רוטב have ה־ in הרוטב הזה?