הפגישה נמשכת חצי שעה.

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

So:

• פגישה = meeting
• הפגישה = the meeting

Unlike English, Hebrew attaches the directly to the beginning of the noun.

נמשכת matches הפגישה, which is a feminine singular noun.

In Hebrew, verbs in the present tense agree with the subject in gender and number.

• פגישה is feminine singular
• so the verb is נמשכת = feminine singular present

If the subject were masculine singular, the form would be different.

The dictionary form is להימשך.

In this sentence:

• להימשך = to continue / to last
• נמשכת = lasts / is continuing

This verb comes from the root מ־ש־ך, which is connected with the idea of drawing or extending. In this sentence, it means that the meeting extends for a certain amount of time.

Hebrew present tense often covers what English expresses with the simple present, including general facts and routine descriptions.

So הפגישה נמשכת חצי שעה naturally means:

• The meeting lasts half an hour
• or The meeting goes on for half an hour

Even though נמשכת is formally a present-tense form, its meaning here is the normal English lasts.

Hebrew often expresses duration without a preposition.

So instead of saying something equivalent to lasts for half an hour, Hebrew simply says:

• נמשכת חצי שעה = lasts half an hour

This is very common with expressions of time duration in Hebrew.

חצי שעה means half an hour.

Word by word:

• חצי = half
• שעה = hour

So literally it is half hour, but in natural English we say half an hour.

Because Hebrew normally expresses this kind of measure directly.

So חצי שעה is the standard way to say:

• half an hour

You do not usually say something like חצי של שעה for this meaning.

Hebrew commonly uses simple noun combinations for measurements:

• חצי שעה = half an hour
• רבע שעה = a quarter of an hour
• שעתיים = two hours

A common pronunciation is:

ha-pgi-SHA nim-SHE-khet KHE-tsi sha-A

More closely, word by word:

• הפגישה = hapgishá
• נמשכת = nimshekhet
• חצי שעה = khetsi sha'á

A couple of useful notes:

• ח in חצי is the throaty Hebrew kh sound
• שעה has a break between the vowels: sha-a

Yes. הפגישה אורכת חצי שעה is also correct and very common.

The verb לארוך / אורכת often means to last in a straightforward way.

Very roughly:

• אורכת = more neutral lasts
• נמשכת = can suggest continues / goes on / lasts

In many everyday contexts, both are acceptable. In this sentence, נמשכת is perfectly natural.

Yes, but the basic neutral order here is:

• הפגישה נמשכת חצי שעה

That is the most straightforward way to say it.

Hebrew can sometimes move things around for emphasis, but this version is the standard, neutral sentence: subject + verb + duration.

Because Hebrew does not need a separate subject pronoun when the noun itself is already stated.

In English, you might think of:

• The meeting — it lasts half an hour

But Hebrew normally just says:

• הפגישה נמשכת חצי שעה

Once הפגישה is there as the subject, no extra it is needed.

Yes, פגישה is a feminine noun.

That matters because adjectives and present-tense verbs must agree with it. So with פגישה, you use feminine forms such as:

• פגישה קצרה = a short meeting
• הפגישה נמשכת = the meeting lasts / continues

Recognizing noun gender is very important in Hebrew, because it affects the form of other words in the sentence.