המצבר לא עובד.

The car battery is not working.

Breakdown of המצבר לא עובד.

• לא: not
• לעבוד: to work
• מצבר: car battery

Questions & Answers about המצבר לא עובד.

How do you pronounce המצבר לא עובד?

A natural pronunciation is:

ha-matz-BER lo o-VED

More closely:

• המצבר = ha-matzber
• לא = lo
• עובד = oved

The main stress is usually on the last syllable of מצבר and עובד:

• matzBER
• oVED

If you want the fully pointed form, it is:

הַמַּצְבֵּר לֹא עוֹבֵד

What does the ה at the beginning of המצבר mean?

The ה is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• מצבר = a battery / battery
• המצבר = the battery

Unlike English, Hebrew attaches the directly to the word instead of writing it as a separate word.

Why is there no separate word for is in the sentence?