Questions & Answers about הפגישה נמשכת שעה אחת.
Why does הפגישה start with ה־?
ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
- פגישה = meeting
- הפגישה = the meeting
In this sentence, the speaker is referring to a specific meeting, not just any meeting.
What kind of word is נמשכת?
נמשכת is the present-tense form (more precisely, the beinoni form) of the verb להימשך.
In this sentence, להימשך means to last, to continue, or to take a certain amount of time.
So נמשכת here means something like:
- lasts
- is lasting
- continues
Hebrew present tense often uses forms that look like participles.
Why is it נמשכת and not נמשך?
Because הפגישה is a feminine singular noun, and the verb form in the present tense agrees with it.
- feminine singular: נמשכת
- masculine singular: נמשך
So:
- הפגישה נמשכת = the meeting lasts
- הדיון נמשך = the discussion lasts
This is a very common pattern in Hebrew: present-tense verb forms agree in gender and number with the subject.
How do I know that is feminine?