האוטו נוסע קדימה.

car

Breakdown of האוטו נוסע קדימה.

• לנסוע: to drive
• קדימה: forward; onward

Questions & Answers about האוטו נוסע קדימה.

How do you pronounce האוטו נוסע קדימה?

A common transliteration is ha-oto nose'a kadima.

Roughly:

• האוטו = ha-oto = the car
• נוסע = nose'a = drives / is traveling
• קדימה = kadima = forward

So the whole sentence sounds approximately like: ha-oto no-SE-a ka-DI-ma.

What does האוטו mean exactly?

האוטו means the car.

It is made of:

• ה־ = the
• אוטו = car

So Hebrew usually attaches the directly to the beginning of the noun, instead of using a separate word like English does.

Why is it האוטו and not just אוטו?

Because ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

• אוטו = a car / car
• האוטו = the car

So if the sentence is talking about a specific car, Hebrew adds ה־ to the noun.