היא צעירה ממני.

She is younger than me.

Breakdown of היא צעירה ממני.

• היא: she
• צעיר: young
• ממני: than me

Questions & Answers about היא צעירה ממני.

How do you pronounce היא צעירה ממני?

A simple pronunciation guide is:

hee tseh-ee-RA mi-MEH-nee

A more Hebrew-style transliteration is:

hi tze'ira mimeni

A couple of helpful notes:

• היא is pronounced hee, not like two separate syllables.
• צעירה has three syllables: tzeh-ee-ra.
• ממני means than me / from me, depending on context.

Why is it צעירה and not צעיר?

Because היא means she, and Hebrew adjectives must agree with the noun or pronoun they describe in gender and number.

So:

• היא צעירה = she is young
• הוא צעיר = he is young

Here, the subject is feminine singular, so the adjective is also feminine singular: צעירה.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not stated in the present tense.

So instead of saying something like She is young, Hebrew simply says:

היא צעירה

The same thing happens in your sentence:

היא צעירה ממני

In past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be, for example:

• היא הייתה צעירה ממני = she was younger than me
• היא תהיה צעירה ממני = she will be younger than me