הפגוש שחור.

The bumper is black.

Breakdown of הפגוש שחור.

• שחור: black
• פגוש: bumper

Questions & Answers about הפגוש שחור.

What does the ה־ in הפגוש mean?

It is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the in English.

So:

• פגוש = bumper
• הפגוש = the bumper

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In simple present-tense Hebrew sentences, the verb to be is usually omitted.

So הפגוש שחור literally looks like the bumper black, but it means the bumper is black.

In other tenses, Hebrew does use a word for was / will be, for example:

• הפגוש היה שחור = the bumper was black
• הפגוש יהיה שחור = the bumper will be black

Why is it הפגוש שחור and not הפגוש השחור?

Because these are two different structures:

• הפגוש שחור = a full sentence: the bumper is black
• הפגוש השחור = a noun phrase: the black bumper

When the adjective is part of the noun phrase, it usually matches the noun in definiteness, so both words take ה־.

When the adjective is the predicate of the sentence, as in הפגוש שחור, it normally does not take ה־.