האוטו חונה בחניה ליד הבית.

Yes. אוטו is a very common everyday Hebrew word for car.

• ה־ = the
• אוטו = car

So האוטו = the car.

A more formal or neutral word is מכונית, but in daily speech אוטו is extremely common.

חונה is the present-tense form of the verb לחנות, which means to park.

In this sentence, English naturally translates it as is parked.

So even though the Hebrew word is basically parks / parking, the best English meaning here is often is parked, because it describes the car’s current state.

Because Hebrew does not need a separate present-tense is here.

The word חונה already carries the present meaning. Hebrew often works this way:

• האוטו חונה = the car is parked

So you do not need an extra word equivalent to English is.

Grammatically, it is an active-looking form, but in meaning it often works like an English passive or state.

So:

• האוטו חונה literally feels like the car parks / is parking
• but in normal English it is often best understood as the car is parked

This is very natural in Hebrew.

Yes. חונה agrees with the subject.

Here, אוטו is masculine singular, so the verb is masculine singular too.

A useful thing to know: in unpointed Hebrew, the masculine singular and feminine singular forms of some verbs can be written the same way.

For this verb:

• masculine singular: חוֹנֶה
• feminine singular: חוֹנָה

But without vowels, both are written חונה.

So if the subject were המכונית (the car, feminine), you would still often see:

• המכונית חונה

Same spelling, different grammatical gender.

Plural forms are clearer:

• masculine plural: חונים
• feminine plural: חונות

It is made of:

• ב־ = in / at
• חניה = parking, parking space, parking spot, parking area, or sometimes parking lot

So בחניה can mean things like:

• in a parking space
• in the parking area
• in the parking lot

The exact English choice depends on context.

In normal unpointed Hebrew spelling, it can be ambiguous.

בחניה can represent either:

• בחניה = in a parking space / in parking
• בחניה = in the parking space / in the parking lot

Why? Because ב־ (in) can combine with ה־ (the).

So:

• ב + חניה = in parking / in a parking space
• ב + ה + חניה = in the parking space / in the parking lot

In unvowelled text, both can look exactly the same: בחניה.

Usually context tells you which one is meant.

Yes, completely normal.

Hebrew often uses related words from the same root together, and this does not sound strange.

Here you have:

• חונה = parked / parking
• חניה = parking / parking place

That is perfectly natural, just like English can say:

• parked in the parking lot
• parked in a parking space

So this is not awkward Hebrew.

ליד means:

• near
• next to
• by

So ליד הבית means near the house or next to the house.

It is a very common preposition for location.

Because ליד is already a complete preposition meaning near / next to.

So you say:

• ליד הבית = near the house

You do not add another ל־ before בית.

Also, because it is a specific house, Hebrew uses the definite article:

• הבית = the house

So:

• ליד בית = near a house / near house-like context
• ליד הבית = near the house

The order is very natural in Hebrew:

• האוטו = subject
• חונה = verb/state
• בחניה = location
• ליד הבית = extra location detail

So the sentence moves from:

1. what we are talking about
2. its current situation
3. where it is
4. which parking place / where exactly

This is a very normal Hebrew pattern.

Yes. They come from the same root: ח-נ-ה.

Some related words are:

• לחנות = to park
• חונה = parking / parked
• חניה = parking, parking space
• להחנות = to park something
• חניון = parking lot / parking garage

Seeing word families like this is very helpful in Hebrew, because many words are built from the same root.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-oto khone be-khaniya leyad ha-bayit

If בחניה is meant as in the parking space / in the parking lot, it may be pronounced more like:

ba-khaniya

A few pronunciation notes:

• ח sounds like a throaty kh, similar to the sound in Scottish loch
• ליד sounds like leyad
• הבית sounds like ha-bayit

So the whole sentence is roughly:

ha-oto khone be-khaniya leyad ha-bayit