השמשה הקדמית נקייה.

The windshield is clean.

Breakdown of השמשה הקדמית נקייה.

• נקי: clean
• שמשה קדמית: windshield

Questions & Answers about השמשה הקדמית נקייה.

Why is there no Hebrew word for is in this sentence?

In the present tense, Hebrew usually leaves out the verb to be.

So השמשה הקדמית נקייה literally looks like:

• the front windshield
• clean

but it means The front windshield is clean.

If you wanted past or future, Hebrew would use forms of היה:

• השמשה הקדמית הייתה נקייה = The front windshield was clean.
• השמשה הקדמית תהיה נקייה = The front windshield will be clean.

Why does קדמית come after השמשה?

Because in Hebrew, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• השמשה הקדמית = the front windshield
  • noun: השמשה
  • adjective: הקדמית

This is the normal order in Hebrew, unlike English, where adjectives usually come before the noun.

Why do both השמשה and הקדמית have ה־ at the beginning?