בילקוט של הבן יש חוברת חדשה לשיעור, אבל בילקוט של הבת יש רק מחברת ישנה.

יש means there is or there are.

Hebrew usually does not use a present-tense form of to be the way English does. So instead of saying something literally like in the bag is a notebook, Hebrew often uses this pattern:

location + יש + thing

So:

בילקוט של הבן יש חוברת
= In the boy’s schoolbag, there is a booklet

That is a very common Hebrew structure.

Because Hebrew often puts the location or setting first, especially in sentences with יש.

So the sentence is organized like this:

• בילקוט של הבן = in the boy’s schoolbag
• יש = there is
• חוברת חדשה לשיעור = a new booklet for class

This is natural Hebrew word order. It highlights where something is before telling you what is there.

של means of and is very commonly used to show possession.

So:

• הילקוט של הבן = the schoolbag of the boy
• more natural English: the boy’s schoolbag

Likewise:

• הילקוט של הבת = the girl’s / daughter’s schoolbag

Hebrew often uses של where English would use ’s.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• חוברת חדשה = a new booklet
• מחברת ישנה = an old notebook

This is the normal Hebrew order:

noun + adjective

not usually adjective + noun as in English.

Because they are agreeing with feminine singular nouns.

Both of these nouns are feminine:

• חוברת = booklet / workbook
• מחברת = notebook

So the adjectives also have to be feminine singular:

• חדשה = new, feminine singular
• ישנה = old, feminine singular

Compare with masculine forms:

• חדש
• ישן

So Hebrew adjectives must match the noun in gender and number.

They are similar, but not the same.

• חוברת usually means booklet, workbook, or exercise booklet
• מחברת usually means notebook

So in this sentence, the contrast is something like:

• the boy has a new booklet/workbook
• the girl has only an old notebook

That difference is important vocabulary for school-related Hebrew.

לשיעור means something like for class, for the lesson, or for a lesson, depending on context.

The base parts are:

• ל־ = to / for
• שיעור = lesson, class

In unpointed Hebrew spelling, לשיעור can represent either:

• לשיעור = for a lesson / class
• לשיעור = for the lesson / class

So the exact English wording depends on context. In this sentence, for class or for the lesson is the most natural idea.

Because רק means only, and in Hebrew it usually comes right before the word or phrase it limits.

Here:

יש רק מחברת ישנה
= there is only an old notebook

So רק is limiting the whole noun phrase מחברת ישנה.

It tells us that in the girl’s schoolbag, there isn’t anything more impressive or additional mentioned there—just that one old notebook.

They can mean either, depending on context.

• בן = son / boy
• בת = daughter / girl

In a school sentence like this one, English often translates them as boy and girl. But the Hebrew words themselves can also be understood as son and daughter in other contexts.

So context decides which English choice sounds best.

This is a good question, because Hebrew and English handle definiteness differently.

In a phrase like ילקוט של הבן, the whole phrase is understood as the boy’s schoolbag from context. Hebrew often relies on the possession phrase itself to make the reference clear.

Also, in unpointed Hebrew spelling, forms like בילקוט do not always show clearly whether you should think of them as in a schoolbag or in the schoolbag just from spelling alone. Context tells you that here it means in the boy’s / girl’s schoolbag.

So the phrase is natural as written.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

be-yalkut shel ha-ben yesh choveret chadasha la-shiur, aval be-yalkut shel ha-bat yesh rak machberet yeshana.

A few pronunciation notes:

• ח in חוברת, חדשה, and מחברת is a throaty kh/ch sound, like in German Bach
• ש in שיעור is sh
• ע in שיעור is often very weak in modern Israeli Hebrew, so many learners hear something close to shi-ur

Sometimes Hebrew can omit repeated information if the context is very clear, but in this sentence the repetition is natural and helpful.

The full parallel structure is:

• בילקוט של הבן יש...
• אבל בילקוט של הבת יש...

That gives a clear contrast between the two schoolbags. It sounds balanced and very natural.

It is basically two parallel clauses joined by אבל = but.

Structure:

• בילקוט של הבן = location
• יש = there is
• חוברת חדשה לשיעור = item being talked about

then:

• אבל = but
• בילקוט של הבת = location
• יש = there is
• רק מחברת ישנה = item being talked about, with only

So the sentence is built as a contrast:

• in the boy’s bag, there is a new booklet
• but in the girl’s bag, there is only an old notebook