הטיסה שלנו מאוחרת בגלל הערפל.

A word-for-word breakdown is:

• הטיסה = the flight
• שלנו = our
• מאוחרת = late / delayed
• בגלל = because of
• הערפל = the fog

So the sentence is literally something like:

• the flight our delayed because of the fog

In natural English, that becomes Our flight is delayed because of the fog.

In Hebrew, a possessed noun is normally definite, so our flight is expressed as הטיסה שלנו.

That means Hebrew usually says:

• הטיסה שלנו = our flight
• הבית שלנו = our house
• המורה שלי = my teacher

So even though English does not use the in our flight, Hebrew usually does use ה- on the noun.

Because in modern Hebrew, possession with words like my, your, our, their is very often expressed with של forms that come after the noun.

So:

• הטיסה שלנו = our flight
• הספר שלי = my book
• החברים שלהם = their friends

This is one of the big differences from English:

• English: our flight
• Hebrew: the flight our

That word order is completely normal in Hebrew.

Because טיסה is a feminine singular noun, and adjectives in Hebrew usually agree with the noun in gender and number.

So:

• טיסה = feminine singular
• therefore מאוחרת = feminine singular

Compare:

• טיסה מאוחרת = a late/delayed flight
• טיסות מאוחרות = late/delayed flights
• אוטובוס מאוחר = a late bus
  because אוטובוס is masculine

This agreement is very important in Hebrew.

It is not written, because in Hebrew the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• הטיסה שלנו מאוחרת literally looks like our flight delayed/late
• but it means our flight is delayed / our flight is late

This is normal Hebrew.

Compare:

• Present: הטיסה מאוחרת = the flight is late
• Past: הטיסה הייתה מאוחרת = the flight was late
• Future: הטיסה תהיה מאוחרת = the flight will be late

In past and future, Hebrew does use forms of היה.

It can mean either one, depending on context.

With transportation, schedules, arrivals, and departures, מאוחר / מאוחרת often corresponds naturally to English late or delayed.

So in this sentence:

• הטיסה שלנו מאוחרת can be understood as our flight is late
• in natural travel English, it is often best translated as our flight is delayed

Context decides which English wording sounds most natural.

בגלל means because of, and it is followed by a noun.

So here:

• בגלל הערפל = because of the fog

By contrast, כי means because, and it usually introduces a clause.

Compare:

• הטיסה שלנו מאוחרת בגלל הערפל = Our flight is delayed because of the fog
• הטיסה שלנו מאוחרת כי יש ערפל = Our flight is delayed because there is fog

So a simple rule is:

• בגלל + noun
• כי + full clause

Yes, both are possible, but they are slightly different in feel.

• בגלל הערפל = because of the fog
  This sounds like a specific, known fog situation.
• בגלל ערפל = because of fog
  This sounds a bit more general.

In many real-life contexts, especially announcements or known weather conditions, בגלל הערפל sounds very natural.

So the version in your sentence is completely normal.

A simple transliteration is:

ha-tisa shelanu me'ukheret biglal ha-arafel

A rough pronunciation guide:

• הטיסה = ha-tee-SAH
• שלנו = sheh-LAH-noo
• מאוחרת = meh-oo-KHE-ret
• בגלל = bee-glal
• הערפל = ha-a-ra-FEL

One small thing to notice: in הערפל, the ה and ע create a slight break, so it can sound like ha-a-ra-fel.

Yes. Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible.

The neutral order here is:

• הטיסה שלנו מאוחרת בגלל הערפל

But you can also say:

• בגלל הערפל, הטיסה שלנו מאוחרת

That version emphasizes the reason a little more, like:

• Because of the fog, our flight is delayed

Both are grammatical. The original sentence is just the more straightforward, neutral phrasing.

Here it functions like an adjective/predicate adjective, not like a finite verb.

So:

• הטיסה שלנו מאוחרת = our flight is delayed/late

Hebrew often builds present-tense sentences this way:

• noun + adjective

For example:

• החדר גדול = the room is big
• הקפה חם = the coffee is hot
• הטיסה מאוחרת = the flight is late/delayed

So even though English uses is, Hebrew simply uses the adjective by itself in the present tense.