הפגישה שלנו מתחילה ברבע לשש.

The ה־ at the beginning is the definite article, like the in English.

• פגישה = meeting
• הפגישה = the meeting

So הפגישה שלנו means our meeting or more literally the meeting of ours.

In Hebrew, when you say our meeting, it is very common to make the noun definite: הפגישה שלנו.

שלנו means our / ours.

Hebrew often expresses possession with של + a pronoun:

• שלי = my/mine
• שלך = your/yours
• שלו = his
• שלה = her
• שלנו = our/ours

So:

• הפגישה שלנו = our meeting

Unlike English, where our comes before the noun, Hebrew usually puts שלנו after the noun.

Because the subject, הפגישה (the meeting), is a feminine singular noun.

In Hebrew, verbs in the present tense agree with the subject in gender and number.

The verb here is from the root meaning begin/start:

• מתחיל = starts / is starting (masculine singular)
• מתחילה = starts / is starting (feminine singular)

Since פגישה is feminine, the sentence uses מתחילה.

It is present tense.

In Hebrew, the present tense can often cover both:

• starts
• is starting

So הפגישה שלנו מתחילה... can mean our meeting starts... or our meeting is starting..., depending on context.

In this sentence, with a clock time, English usually translates it as our meeting starts at....

This is a very normal Hebrew word order: subject + verb + time expression.

So:

• הפגישה שלנו = the subject
• מתחילה = the verb
• ברבע לשש = the time phrase

Hebrew word order is flexible, but this order is neutral and very common.

Literally, ברבע לשש is something like at a quarter to six.

Breakdown:

• ב־ = at / in
• רבע = quarter
• לשש = to six

So the whole phrase means at quarter to six, which in natural English is at 5:45 or at a quarter to six.

The prefix ב־ usually means in, at, or on, depending on context.

Here it marks the time expression:

• ברבע = at a quarter

Hebrew often uses ב־ with times:

• בשש = at six
• בחמש = at five
• ברבע לשש = at a quarter to six

So this ב־ is doing the job that at does in English.

The prefix ל־ usually means to.

In time expressions, Hebrew uses it the same way English does in phrases like:

• a quarter to six
• ten to three

So:

• לשש = to six

That is why רבע לשש means quarter to six.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-pgi-SHA sheh-LA-nu mat-khi-LA be-RE-va le-SHESH

A few notes:

• The stress is usually on the last syllable in פגישה, שלנו, and מתחילה.
• The kh sound in מתחילה is like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.
• שש is pronounced shesh.

Yes. Hebrew has a few ways to talk about time, just as English does.

For 5:45, a very common phrasing is:

• רבע לשש = quarter to six

You may also hear more digital-style expressions in some contexts, especially in casual speech, but רבע לשש is standard and natural.

So this sentence is a very normal way to say that the meeting starts at 5:45.

In meaning, it is simply our meeting.

But grammatically, it is built more like:

• the meeting
  • of ours

That is useful to remember, because Hebrew possession with של often works differently from English possessive adjectives.

So even though the structure is different, the natural translation is still just our meeting.