Breakdown of ההשתתפות העצמית כתובה בפוליסה.
Questions & Answers about ההשתתפות העצמית כתובה בפוליסה.
In Hebrew, the present tense usually does not use a separate verb meaning to be.
So:
- ההשתתפות העצמית כתובה בפוליסה literally looks like
- the-deductible written in-the-policy
but it means
- The deductible is written in the policy.
This is very normal Hebrew.
If you wanted past or future, then Hebrew would use forms of להיות (to be) when needed.
For example:
- ההשתתפות העצמית הייתה כתובה בפוליסה = The deductible was written in the policy.
- ההשתתפות העצמית תהיה כתובה בפוליסה = The deductible will be written in the policy.
Because the subject, ההשתתפות העצמית, is a feminine singular noun phrase.
The main noun here is:
- השתתפות = participation / contribution / deductible (in insurance context)
This noun is feminine, so the word describing its state must also be feminine singular:
- כתוב = written, masculine singular
- כתובה = written, feminine singular
So Hebrew says:
- ההשתתפות העצמית כתובה not
- ההשתתפות העצמית כתוב
Even though the whole phrase may translate as the deductible, Hebrew grammar still follows the gender of the noun השתתפות.