Questions & Answers about הסלון מואר, והתקרה גבוהה.
How do you pronounce הסלון מואר, והתקרה גבוהה?
A natural pronunciation is:
ha-sa-LON mu-AR, ve-ha-tik-RA ge-vo-HA
A few notes:
- הסלון = ha-salon = the living room
- מואר = mu'ar = lit / illuminated
- והתקרה = ve-ha-tikra = and the ceiling
- גבוהה = gevoha = high
The stress is usually toward the end of each word:
- saLON
- muAR
- tikRA
- gevoHA
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So:
- הסלון מואר literally looks like the living room lit
- התקרה גבוהה literally looks like the ceiling high
But in natural English, we translate them as:
- The living room is lit
- The ceiling is high
This is very normal in Hebrew. In the present tense, Hebrew often just puts the noun and the adjective together.
What does the ה at the beginning of הסלון and mean?