Questions & Answers about מברשת השיניים שלי לא בחדר; אולי היא במקלחת.
In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.
So:
- מברשת השיניים שלי לא בחדר = My toothbrush is not in the room
- אולי היא במקלחת = Maybe it is in the shower/bathroom
Hebrew often just puts the subject next to the description or location. If you want past or future, then forms of להיות (to be) are used.
For example:
- היא הייתה בחדר = She/it was in the room
- היא תהיה במקלחת = She/it will be in the shower/bathroom
Hebrew often builds compound nouns with a structure called the construct state.
So מברשת השיניים literally means brush of the teeth, which is how Hebrew expresses toothbrush.
Breakdown:
- מברשת = brush of...
- השיניים = the teeth
A very common dictionary-style form is מברשת שיניים = a toothbrush / toothbrush.
Here, because the speaker is referring to a specific toothbrush, the phrase appears as מברשת השיניים שלי = my toothbrush.