Questions & Answers about 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.