Questions & Answers about הגינה שלנו יפה באביב.
How do I break this sentence down word by word?
A natural breakdown is:
- הגינה = the garden
- שלנו = our / more literally of us
- יפה = beautiful
- באביב = in spring / in the spring
So the whole sentence means:
Our garden is beautiful in spring.
A simple pronunciation guide is:
ha-gina shelanu yafa ba-aviv
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
Because in present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not stated in sentences like this.
So:
- הגינה שלנו יפה = Our garden is beautiful
There is no separate present-tense word for is here.
But in other tenses, Hebrew does use forms of to be:
- הגינה שלנו הייתה יפה באביב = Our garden was beautiful in spring
- הגינה שלנו תהיה יפה באביב = Our garden will be beautiful in spring
So the missing is is completely normal.
Why is our written as שלנו after the noun, instead of before it?