Questions & Answers about כשהתינוק לא רגוע, אבא מחבק אותו ומנשק אותו כדי להרגיע אותו.
כשהתינוק means when the baby.
It is made of:
- כש־ = when
- התינוק = the baby
In Hebrew, short prepositions and conjunctions are often attached directly to the following word, so instead of writing them separately, you often get one written unit like כשהתינוק.
A longer, more formal version would be כאשר התינוק, but כשהתינוק is very natural and common.
Because in Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So:
- התינוק לא רגוע literally looks like the baby not calm
- but it means the baby is not calm
This is completely normal in Hebrew.
Compare:
- הוא עייף = he is tired
- היא בבית = she is at home
- התינוק לא רגוע = the baby is not calm
But in the past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be:
- הוא היה רגוע = he was calm
- הוא יהיה רגוע = he will be calm