השוער ליד השער.

The goalkeeper is next to the goal.

Breakdown of השוער ליד השער.

• ליד: near
• שער: goal
• שוער: goalkeeper

Questions & Answers about השוער ליד השער.

How do I pronounce השוער ליד השער?

A good pronunciation guide is:

ha-sho'ER le-YAD ha-sha'AR

With vowels written in, it is:

הַשּׁוֹעֵר לְיַד הַשַּׁעַר

A few pronunciation notes:

• השוער = ha-sho'er
• ליד = leyad
• השער = ha-sha'ar

The letter ע in שוער and שער often does not have a strong consonant sound in modern Israeli Hebrew, but it does help separate the vowels. So:

• שוער is not shor
• שער is not shar

Instead, say them as two-part vowel sequences:

• sho-er
• sha-ar

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Because in Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So a sentence like this can literally look like:

the goalkeeper / next to / the gate(or goal)

But it naturally means the goalkeeper is next to the gate/goal.

This is very normal in Hebrew. Compare:

• הילד בבית = The boy is at home
• המורה כאן = The teacher is here
• השוער ליד השער = The goalkeeper is next to the goal/gate

If you want to say this in the past or future, Hebrew does use a form of to be:

• השוער היה ליד השער = The goalkeeper was next to the goal/gate
• השוער יהיה ליד השער = The goalkeeper will be next to the goal/gate