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Learn Hardcore Hebrew: המגרש עדיין רטוב. - The pitch is still wet.

Hardcore Hebrew
/Talking about a football match
/המגרש עדיין רטוב.

המגרש עדיין רטוב.

Word

המגרש עדיין רטוב.

Meaning

The pitch is still wet.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Hebrew

Lesson

Talking about a football match

Breakdown of המגרש עדיין רטוב.

מגרשmigrash

playing field; pitch

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Questions & Answers about המגרש עדיין רטוב.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not stated in the present tense.

So:

המגרש עדיין רטוב literally looks like
the field/court still wet

but it means:

The field/court is still wet

This is completely normal Hebrew. In the past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be when needed, but in the present tense it is often omitted.

What does ה־ at the beginning of המגרש mean?

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

מגרש = field / court / lot
המגרש = the field / the court / the lot

It is attached directly to the noun, unlike English, where the is a separate word.

What exactly does מגרש mean here?

מגרש can mean several related things depending on context, such as:

a field
a sports court
a lot / plot of land
sometimes even a yard-like open area

So the sentence could mean things like:

The field is still wet
The court is still wet
The lot is still wet

The exact meaning depends on the situation. If people are talking about soccer, it may be the field. If they are talking about basketball or tennis, it may be the court.

What does עדיין mean, and where does it go in the sentence?

עדיין means still.

In this sentence:

המגרש עדיין רטוב = The field is still wet

It comes between the subject and the adjective, which is very natural in Hebrew.

You may also see עדיין in other sentences, for example:

אני עדיין עובד = I am still working
היא עדיין כאן = She is still here

So עדיין is a very useful word for expressing that a situation continues.

Why is it רטוב and not רטובה?

Because מגרש is a masculine singular noun, and adjectives in Hebrew usually agree with the noun in gender and number.

Here:

מגרש = masculine singular
רטוב = masculine singular adjective

If the noun were feminine singular, you would usually use רטובה.

For example:

החולצה רטובה = The shirt is wet
because חולצה is feminine

And with masculine:

הכביש רטוב = The road is wet

So רטוב matches המגרש correctly.

How do adjective agreement and word order work in this sentence?

Hebrew often uses a structure like:

noun + adjective or
noun + adverb + adjective

So here:

המגרש = the subject
עדיין = adverb
רטוב = adjective describing the subject

This gives:

המגרש עדיין רטוב

The adjective does not come before the noun the way it usually does in English. In Hebrew, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

Compare:

מגרש רטוב = a wet field/court literally field wet

So the order is very Hebrew-like, even though it feels backward from an English perspective.

How is המגרש pronounced?

It is pronounced approximately ha-mig-rash.

A few helpful notes:

ה at the beginning is ha- = the
מגרש is usually pronounced migrash
the stress is typically on the last syllable: mi-GRASH

So the full sentence is approximately:

ha-mi-GRASH a-DA-yin ra-TUV

That is only an approximation in English spelling, but it can help with reading aloud.

Can עדיין also mean yet?

Yes, in some contexts עדיין can relate to the idea of still or yet, but in this sentence still is the best translation.

For example:

הוא עדיין לא הגיע = He still hasn’t arrived / He hasn’t arrived yet

So the exact English wording depends on the sentence. Here, because רטוב is a continuing condition, still wet is the most natural translation.

Could the sentence order be changed?

Sometimes Hebrew allows flexible word order, but המגרש עדיין רטוב is the most neutral and natural order.

If you move things around, the sentence may sound:

more emphatic
less common
more literary
or just slightly awkward depending on context

For a learner, the safest pattern is:

subject + עדיין + adjective

So this sentence is a very good model to remember.

Is רטוב the same as damp or moist?

Usually רטוב means wet.

It often suggests clearly noticeable wetness, such as:

wet ground
wet clothes
wet hair

If you want to say something more like damp or moist, Hebrew may use other words depending on context, but רטוב is the standard everyday word for wet.

So in this sentence, the idea is that the field/court/ground has not dried yet.

Is this sentence a complete sentence in Hebrew, even though it is so short?

Yes. It is a completely normal and complete Hebrew sentence.

Hebrew often forms present-tense descriptive sentences with just:

a subject
and a describing word

So:

המגרש רטוב = The field is wet
המגרש עדיין רטוב = The field is still wet

Even without an explicit word for is, it is fully grammatical and natural.

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