השמשה הקדמית נקייה.

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.

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.

When an adjective directly describes a definite noun in Hebrew, both the noun and the adjective usually take the definite article ה־.

So:

• שמשה קדמית = a front windshield
• השמשה הקדמית = the front windshield

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

• הספר הגדול = the big book
• המכונית האדומה = the red car

So השמשה הקדמית is a noun + adjective phrase, and both words are definite.

Because שמשה is a feminine singular noun, and adjectives must agree with the noun they describe.

The adjective קדמי means front or frontal in the masculine singular form.
Its feminine singular form is קדמית.

So:

• masculine singular: קדמי
• feminine singular: קדמית

Since שמשה is feminine, Hebrew uses קדמית.

For the same reason: it agrees with השמשה, which is feminine singular.

The adjective נקי means clean. Its forms include:

• masculine singular: נקי
• feminine singular: נקייה
• masculine plural: נקיים
• feminine plural: נקיות

So:

• השולחן נקי = The table is clean.
• המכונית נקייה = The car is clean.
• השמשה הקדמית נקייה = The front windshield is clean.

Because נקייה is not inside the noun phrase השמשה הקדמית. It is the predicate adjective: it tells you something about the subject.

Compare these two patterns:

1. Attributive adjective: inside the noun phrase

   • השמשה הקדמית = the front windshield
     Here the adjective הקדמית gets ה־ because it directly modifies the noun.

2. Predicate adjective: after the subject

   • השמשה הקדמית נקייה = the front windshield is clean
     Here נקייה does not take ה־.

This is a very important Hebrew distinction.

In everyday Hebrew, שמשה often means a pane of glass, and very commonly a car windshield.

In this sentence, השמשה הקדמית clearly means the front windshield.

Related car terms include:

• שמשה קדמית = front windshield
• שמשה אחורית = rear windshield / rear window

So the context makes the meaning specific.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-shim-SHA ha-kad-MIT ne-ki-YA

More naturally grouped:

ha-shimshá ha-kadmít nekiyá

The stress is usually near the end of each word:

• השמשה → shimshá
• הקדמית → kadmít
• נקייה → nekiyá

Yes, but השמשה הקדמית נקייה is the normal, neutral order.

This order is:

• subject: השמשה הקדמית
• predicate adjective: נקייה

Hebrew can move things around for emphasis, but that would sound less neutral. For example, putting נקייה first could sound more literary or emphatic.

So for a learner, השמשה הקדמית נקייה is the standard pattern to remember.

Yes, but the meaning changes.

• השמשה הקדמית נקייה = The front windshield is clean
• שמשה קדמית נקייה = A front windshield is clean or Front windshield clean depending on context

Without ה־, the noun phrase becomes indefinite.

So if you mean a specific windshield, you need:

• השמשה הקדמית

If you are speaking more generally or introducing it as a windshield, you could use:

• שמשה קדמית

No. It is a regular noun + adjective phrase, not a construct chain.

A construct chain in Hebrew works differently, like:

• שמשת המכונית = the car’s windshield

But here:

• השמשה הקדמית

means the windshield that is front, with קדמית functioning as an adjective.

That is why both words can take ה־:

• השמשה הקדמית

In a construct chain, the pattern would be different.