הקשר כבר במרכז.

The midfielder is already in the center.

Breakdown of הקשר כבר במרכז.

• כבר: already
• מרכז: center
• קשר: midfielder

Questions & Answers about הקשר כבר במרכז.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Hebrew often omits the present-tense form of to be.

So a sentence like הקשר כבר במרכז is literally structured more like:

• the connection / knot
• already
• in the center

but it naturally means the connection/knot is already in the center.

This is very normal in Hebrew. In the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for is / am / are.

Compare:

• הוא בבית = He is at home
• הספר על השולחן = The book is on the table

But in the past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be:

• הוא היה בבית = He was at home
• הוא יהיה בבית = He will be at home

What does כבר mean here?

כבר means already.

It shows that the situation has happened sooner than expected, or that it is true now when maybe it was not true before.

So in this sentence, כבר tells you that the thing being talked about is already in that location now.

It is a very common word in Hebrew and can appear in many kinds of sentences, for example:

• אני כבר יודע = I already know
• הם כבר הגיעו = They already arrived / have already arrived