יש קנקן תה חם על הדלפק, ואפשר למזוג ממנו לבד.

There is a pitcher of hot tea on the counter, and you can pour from it by yourself.

Breakdown of יש קנקן תה חם על הדלפק, ואפשר למזוג ממנו לבד.

• יש: there is
• ו: and
• על: on
• אפשר: possible

Questions & Answers about יש קנקן תה חם על הדלפק, ואפשר למזוג ממנו לבד.

What does יש do at the beginning of the sentence?

יש means there is / there are.

Hebrew often uses יש for existence instead of a present-tense form of to be. So:

• יש קנקן תה חם... = There is a pot/jug of hot tea...

A very useful pair is:

• יש = there is / there are
• אין = there isn’t / there aren’t

So this is one of the most common sentence patterns in Hebrew.

Why is it קנקן תה and not קנקן של תה?

Because Hebrew often uses a noun + noun structure called the construct state (סמיכות) instead of של.

So:

• קנקן תה = a tea jug / a jug of tea
• literally, it is a compact Hebrew way to link two nouns

Using של is possible in many situations in Hebrew, but with fixed combinations like this, the construct-style phrasing is very natural.

A useful comparison:

• כוס מים = a glass of water
• בקבוק יין = a bottle of wine
• קנקן תה = a pot/jug of tea

Why does חם come after תה?