המורה מסבירה יפה.

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not used in the present tense.

So instead of saying something like The teacher is explaining well with a separate word for is, Hebrew simply says:

המורה מסבירה יפה

Literally, it is more like:

the teacher explaining well

But in normal English, we translate it as The teacher explains well or The teacher is explaining well, depending on context.

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• מורה = a teacher / teacher
• המורה = the teacher

It is attached directly to the noun, unlike English, where the is a separate word.

By itself, מורה can be written the same way for male teacher and female teacher in normal unpointed Hebrew spelling.

You know it is feminine here because the verb is feminine:

• מסביר = masculine singular
• מסבירה = feminine singular

Since the sentence says מסבירה, the subject must be feminine here, so המורה means the female teacher.

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

Since the subject here is feminine singular, the verb must also be feminine singular:

• מסביר = he explains / a male is explaining
• מסבירה = she explains / a female is explaining

So:

• המורה מסביר יפה = the male teacher explains well
• המורה מסבירה יפה = the female teacher explains well

Yes. מסבירה is the feminine singular present-tense form of the verb להסביר, meaning to explain.

A few related forms are:

• להסביר = to explain
• מסביר = explaining / explains (masculine singular)
• מסבירה = explaining / explains (feminine singular)
• מסבירים = explaining / explain (masculine plural or mixed group)
• מסבירות = explaining / explain (feminine plural)

In Hebrew, the present tense often works like both explains and is explaining, depending on context.

Yes, יפה often means beautiful, pretty, or nice.

But in this sentence, it functions more like an adverb and means well or nicely:

• המורה מסבירה יפה = The teacher explains well / nicely

This is very common in Hebrew. An adjective can sometimes be used in an adverb-like way.

So here יפה describes how she explains.

That is the normal place for it in a sentence like this.

Hebrew often puts this kind of word after the verb:

• היא שרה יפה = She sings beautifully
• הוא מדבר ברור = He speaks clearly
• המורה מסבירה יפה = The teacher explains well

So the pattern subject + verb + adverb-like word is very natural here.

Because here יפה is not acting like a regular adjective describing the teacher. It is describing the action of explaining.

Compare these:

• המורה יפה = The teacher is יפה
  Here it describes the teacher herself, so if the teacher is female, יפה is feminine singular.

• המורה מסבירה יפה = The teacher explains יפה / well
  Here it describes how she explains, so it works adverbially and stays יפה.

So even though the subject is feminine, יפה does not change in this sentence.

Yes.

Hebrew present tense often covers both the simple present and the present progressive.

So המורה מסבירה יפה can mean:

• The teacher explains well
  or
• The teacher is explaining well

The exact meaning depends on context.

The most neutral and natural order here is:

המורה מסבירה יפה

That is:

subject + verb + adverb-like word

Other word orders are sometimes possible for emphasis, but they are less neutral. For example:

• יפה המורה מסבירה can sound poetic or emphatic, not like the default everyday phrasing.
• מסבירה יפה המורה sounds marked and unusual in normal conversation.

So for a learner, the best version to use is the original one.

It is pronounced approximately:

ha-mo-RA mas-BI-ra ya-FE

A more careful transliteration is:

ha-morah masbirah yafeh

A useful detail: because the verb is feminine, המורה here is understood as ha-morah (the female teacher), not ha-moreh (the male teacher).

Yes. That is also correct.

• יפה = well / nicely
• היטב = well

So:

• המורה מסבירה יפה sounds natural and everyday.
• המורה מסבירה היטב is also correct and may sound a little more formal or precise in some contexts.

Both are good Hebrew.