הקרציה על הכלב.

The tick is on the dog.

Breakdown of הקרציה על הכלב.

• על: on
• כלב: dog
• קרציה: tick (parasite)

Questions & Answers about הקרציה על הכלב.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Hebrew, present-tense sentences like this often do not use a separate word for is/are.

So הקרציה על הכלב literally looks like the tick on the dog, but it means the tick is on the dog.

This is called a nominal sentence in the present tense.
If you wanted past tense, you would add a form of to be, for example:

הקרציה הייתה על הכלב = The tick was on the dog

What does ה־ mean, and why is it attached to both nouns?

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the.

So:

• קרציה = a tick
• הקרציה = the tick
• כלב = a dog
• הכלב = the dog

It appears on both nouns because both are definite in this sentence: the tick and the dog.

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