Questions & Answers about השיעור הקבוע שלנו מתחיל ביום רביעי בערב ונמשך שעתיים.
Here שיעור means a lesson or a class session. In everyday English, our regular class is a very natural translation.
Hebrew שיעור can mean several things in different contexts, including:
- lesson / class session
- lecture
- rate / percentage
In this sentence, it clearly means the class meeting itself, not a classroom or a percentage.
In Hebrew, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.
So:
- שיעור קבוע = a regular class
- השיעור הקבוע = the regular class
This is different from English, where adjectives usually come before the noun.
Because the noun phrase is definite.
In Hebrew, when a noun is definite and has an adjective, the adjective also becomes definite.
So:
- שיעור קבוע = a regular class
- השיעור הקבוע = the regular class
This agreement in definiteness is very important in Hebrew.