המלצר הביא לנו תפריט נוסף כי לא ראינו את המנה האחרונה.

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

• מלצר = waiter
• המלצר = the waiter

Hebrew attaches the definite article directly to the beginning of the word, instead of writing it as a separate word.

הביא means brought. It is the past tense form of להביא, meaning to bring.

In this sentence, it is:

• 3rd person
• masculine
• singular

That matches המלצר, because the waiter is one male person.

So:

• המלצר הביא = the waiter brought

לנו means to us or simply us, depending on how natural the English translation is.

It is made of:

• ל־ = to / for
• ־נו = us

So Hebrew combines them into one word:

• לנו = to us

With a verb like bring, English often says brought us rather than brought to us, but the Hebrew structure is literally closer to brought to us.

In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• תפריט נוסף = an additional menu / another menu
• literally: menu additional

This is normal Hebrew word order. The same pattern appears later in the sentence:

• המנה האחרונה = the last dish

Because תפריט נוסף is indefinite.

It means:

• an additional menu
• another menu

If you wanted to say the additional menu, Hebrew would usually make both the noun and the adjective definite:

• התפריט הנוסף = the additional menu

This is an important rule in Hebrew: when a noun is definite, its adjective is usually definite too.

נוסף means additional, extra, or another, depending on context.

In this sentence, תפריט נוסף is naturally understood as:

• another menu
• an additional menu

So it is not a literal one-to-one match with just one English word. Hebrew often uses נוסף where English might prefer another or extra.

Here, כי means because.

It introduces the reason:

• המלצר הביא לנו תפריט נוסף = the waiter brought us another menu
• כי לא ראינו את המנה האחרונה = because we did not see the last dish

In other contexts, כי can also mean that, so learners often need to rely on context. In this sentence, because is the correct meaning.

ראינו means we saw. It is the past tense, first person plural, of לראות = to see.

So:

• ראיתי = I saw
• ראינו = we saw

Then לא negates it:

• לא ראינו = we did not see

The ending ־נו is a very common marker for we in the past tense.

את is the Hebrew marker of a definite direct object. It usually has no direct English translation.

In this sentence:

• המנה האחרונה is a specific, definite thing
• so Hebrew uses את

That is why you get:

• ראינו את המנה האחרונה = we saw the last dish

But if the object were indefinite, את would usually not appear:

• ראינו מנה = we saw a dish

So את does not mean the. It is a grammatical marker that appears before a definite direct object.

Because מנה is a feminine singular noun, and Hebrew adjectives must agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

So:

• מנה = feminine singular
• אחרונה = feminine singular form of last
• המנה האחרונה = the last dish

If the noun were masculine singular, you would use אחרון instead:

• הפריט האחרון = the last item

Also notice that both words have ה־, because the noun is definite and the adjective agrees with that.

Not always. מנה can mean several related things, depending on context:

• dish
• portion
• serving
• course
• menu item

In this sentence, because the context includes menu, המנה האחרונה most likely means the last dish or the last menu item. The exact English wording can vary a little depending on the situation.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

ha-meltsar hevi lanu tafrit nosaf ki lo ra'inu et ha-manah ha-aḥaronah

A few helpful notes:

• המלצר sounds roughly like ha-mel-TSAR
• הביא sounds roughly like he-VI
• ראינו sounds roughly like ra-I-nu
• אחרונה has the Hebrew letter ח, which is a throaty sound not found in normal English

You do not need a perfect accent right away; the main thing is recognizing the word shapes and stress patterns.