Questions & Answers about המשפט הזה קצר, אבל התרגום שלו לא כל כך פשוט.
How do the words in this sentence break down one by one?
Here is a word-for-word breakdown:
- המשפט — the sentence
- הזה — this
- קצר — short
- אבל — but
- התרגום — the translation
- שלו — of it / its / his
- לא — not
- כל כך — so / that / all that
- פשוט — simple
So the structure is roughly:
- המשפט הזה קצר — this sentence is short
- אבל התרגום שלו לא כל כך פשוט — but its translation is not so simple / not that simple
Why does הזה come after המשפט instead of before it?
In Hebrew, demonstratives like this and that usually come after the noun, not before it.
So:
- המשפט הזה = this sentence
- literally, something like the sentence this
This is the normal Hebrew pattern:
- הספר הזה — this book
- הילד הזה — this boy
That can feel backward to an English speaker, but it is standard Hebrew word order.