Word
החוזה עדיין לא נחתם, כי בעלת הבית רצתה לשנות פרט אחד.
Meaning
The contract still has not been signed, because the landlady wanted to change one detail.
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Breakdown of החוזה עדיין לא נחתם, כי בעלת הבית רצתה לשנות פרט אחד.
לרצות
to want
לא
not
כי
because
לשנות
to change
Questions & Answers about החוזה עדיין לא נחתם, כי בעלת הבית רצתה לשנות פרט אחד.
Why does החוזה start with ה־?
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the in English.
So:
- חוזה = contract
- החוזה = the contract
Hebrew attaches the directly to the noun instead of writing it as a separate word.
What does עדיין לא mean together?
עדיין לא means not yet.
Literally:
- עדיין = still / yet
- לא = not
In this kind of sentence, the combination is best understood as not yet:
- החוזה עדיין לא נחתם = The contract has not been signed yet
This is a very common Hebrew pattern.
What kind of verb is נחתם?