הילד סקרן מאוד ושואל למה הירח נראה גדול יותר היום.

הילד means the boy.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.

• ילד = boy
• הילד = the boy

Hebrew attaches the directly to the noun instead of writing it as a separate word.

סקרן means curious in the masculine singular form.

It matches הילד, which is a masculine singular noun. In Hebrew, adjectives usually agree with the noun in gender and number.

So:

• ילד סקרן = a curious boy
• ילדה סקרנית = a curious girl

Because the subject here is the boy, the masculine form סקרן is the correct one.

מאוד means very.

It comes after the adjective it modifies, unlike typical English word order.

So:

• סקרן מאוד = very curious

In English, you say very curious. In Hebrew, the natural order is curious very.

This is very common in Hebrew:

• גדול מאוד = very big
• יפה מאוד = very beautiful

ושואל means and asks.

It is made of:

• ו־ = and
• שואל = asks / asking

So the sentence links two actions:

• הילד סקרן מאוד = the boy is very curious
• ושואל... = and asks...

The ו־ is extremely common in Hebrew and is attached directly to the following word.

Hebrew present-tense forms often cover both simple present and present progressive meanings.

So שואל can mean:

• asks
• is asking

The exact English translation depends on context.

This is normal in Hebrew:

• הוא אוכל = he eats / he is eating
• היא קוראת = she reads / she is reading

So ושואל can naturally be understood as and asks or and is asking.

למה means why.

It introduces an indirect question here:

• שואל למה... = asks why...

So the boy is asking why the moon looks bigger today.

This is different from a direct question such as:

• למה הירח נראה גדול יותר היום? = Why does the moon look bigger today?

In your sentence, it is embedded after ושואל.

הירח means the moon.

Again, ה־ means the:

• ירח = moon
• הירח = the moon

In Hebrew, when talking about something specific or known, you often use the definite form. Here it refers to the moon in general as the known object in the sky, so הירח is natural.

נראה means looks, appears, or is seen depending on context.

Here, in הירח נראה גדול יותר היום, it means the moon looks / appears bigger today.

Grammatically, נראה is masculine singular, matching הירח.

This verb comes from the root ר־א־ה, related to seeing. In this kind of sentence, נראה often means appears/seems/looks.

Examples:

• הוא נראה עייף = he looks tired
• הבית נראה גדול = the house looks big

Hebrew often forms comparisons with:

• adjective + יותר

So:

• גדול = big
• גדול יותר = bigger / more big

This is the regular way to say comparative adjectives in modern Hebrew.

Examples:

• מהיר יותר = faster
• יפה יותר = more beautiful / prettier
• קטן יותר = smaller

So הירח נראה גדול יותר היום literally means the moon looks big more today, but naturally it means the moon looks bigger today.

Because the sentence only says bigger today, not bigger than something.

גדול יותר can stand on its own when the comparison is understood from context.

If you want to say bigger than yesterday, you would need מ־ for than/from:

• גדול יותר מאתמול = bigger than yesterday

But in your sentence, the comparison is implied, so no explicit than phrase is needed.

היום means today.

Putting it at the end is natural Hebrew word order here:

• הירח נראה גדול יותר היום

This is similar to English the moon looks bigger today.

Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but the end position for time expressions is very common and sounds natural in sentences like this.

Yes. In the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for is / am / are.

So:

• הילד סקרן מאוד literally looks like the boy very curious
• but it means the boy is very curious

This is one of the most important differences from English.

Examples:

• הוא שמח = he is happy
• היא בבית = she is at home

In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.

You would need to change the words that agree with the subject to feminine singular:

• הילדה סקרנית מאוד ושואלת למה הירח נראה גדול יותר היום.

Changes:

• הילד → הילדה = the girl
• סקרן → סקרנית = curious, feminine
• שואל → שואלת = asks/asking, feminine

Notice that הירח נראה גדול יותר היום stays the same, because the moon is still masculine singular.