הפרווה נקייה.

clean

Breakdown of הפרווה נקייה.

• פרווה: fur

Questions & Answers about הפרווה נקייה.

How do you pronounce הפרווה נקייה?

A natural pronunciation is ha-par-vá ne-ki-yá.

• הפרווה = ha-parvá
• נקייה = nekiyá

The stress is on the last syllable of both words.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Hebrew, present-tense sentences like X is Y often do not use a separate word for is.

So:

• הפרווה נקייה = The fur is clean

This is very normal Hebrew.
If you wanted past or future, you would usually use forms of להיות (to be), for example:

• הפרווה הייתה נקייה = The fur was clean
• הפרווה תהיה נקייה = The fur will be clean

Why is it נקייה and not נקי?

Because פרווה is a feminine singular noun, and the adjective has to agree with it.

So:

• masculine singular: נקי = clean
• feminine singular: נקייה = clean

Since הפרווה is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• הפרווה נקייה

If the noun were masculine, you would use נקי instead.

How do I know that פרווה is feminine?