Word
הילד סקרן מאוד ושואל למה הירח נראה גדול יותר היום.
Meaning
The boy is very curious and asks why the moon looks bigger today.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about הילד סקרן מאוד ושואל למה הירח נראה גדול יותר היום.
What does הילד mean, and why is there a ה־ at the beginning?
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.
Why is it סקרן and not another form like סקרנית?
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.
What is the role of מאוד in the sentence?