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.

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.

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.

Here נוסע means something like is driving, is traveling, or is going.

The basic verb is לנסוע, which is commonly used for traveling by vehicle. With a car as the subject, נוסע is very natural.

So:

• האוטו נוסע = the car is driving / the car is going

Because the sentence also includes קדימה, the full idea is the car is moving forward.

Because אוטו is grammatically masculine singular in Hebrew, and present-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.

So:

• masculine singular: נוסע
• feminine singular: נוסעת

Since האוטו is masculine singular, the sentence uses נוסע.

It can mean more than just drives.

Depending on context, נוסע can mean:

• drives
• travels
• goes by vehicle
• is riding

For example, a person can also be נוסע if they are traveling in a car, bus, or train.

In this sentence, because the subject is the car, English often translates it as drives or is moving.

קדימה means forward or ahead.

It describes the direction of movement. So it tells us that the car is not just traveling, but traveling forward.

Examples of the idea:

• לך קדימה = go forward
• תתקדם קדימה = move forward

In your sentence, it works like an adverb of direction.

It can be both.

Physical:

• האוטו נוסע קדימה = the car moves forward

Figurative:

• קדימה! can mean Come on!, Go ahead!, or Let’s move forward!

So קדימה is a very common word in Hebrew, both literally and figuratively.

Both can mean car, but אוטו is very common in everyday spoken Hebrew.

• אוטו = very common, conversational
• מכונית = also correct, sometimes a bit more formal or neutral

So האוטו נוסע קדימה sounds very natural in everyday Hebrew.

You could also say:

• המכונית נוסעת קדימה = the car is moving forward

Notice that מכונית is feminine, so the verb becomes נוסעת.

The normal, neutral word order here is:

האוטו + נוסע + קדימה
the car + is driving + forward

That is a very natural order in Hebrew.

Hebrew can sometimes move words around for emphasis, but this version is the most straightforward and standard for a learner.

Yes. Modern Hebrew is usually written without vowel marks in normal everyday writing.

So learners often see:

• האוטו נוסע קדימה

With vowel marks, it would be more explicit, but in real life Hebrew speakers usually write without them. This is normal, and learners gradually get used to recognizing the words from context and spelling patterns.