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Questions & Answers about התוצאה תיקו.
Why is there no word for is in התוצאה תיקו?
In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.
So:
התוצאה תיקו
literally: the result draw
natural English: The result is a draw / tie
This is called a nominal sentence.
But in other tenses, Hebrew does use a form of to be:
התוצאה הייתה תיקו = The result was a draw
התוצאה תהיה תיקו = The result will be a draw
What does ה at the beginning of התוצאה mean?
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
תוצאה = result
התוצאה = the result
In this sentence, התוצאה is a specific result, so it takes ה־.
Why doesn’t תיקו also have ה־?