האוויר בחוץ קר.

cold

Breakdown of האוויר בחוץ קר.

• בחוץ: outside
• אוויר: air

Questions & Answers about האוויר בחוץ קר.

How do you pronounce האוויר בחוץ קר?

A natural pronunciation is:

ha-avír ba-chúts kar

A few notes:

• האוויר = ha-avír
  The ה at the beginning is ha-, meaning the.
• בחוץ = ba-chúts
  The ח is the throaty Hebrew sound, like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.
• קר = kar
  Short and simple: kar.

The main stress is usually on:

• -vír in ha-avír
• -chúts in ba-chúts

Why does האוויר have ה at the beginning?

Because ה is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

• אוויר = air
• האוויר = the air

So Hebrew is saying the air rather than just air.

This is very normal in Hebrew. In a sentence like this, Hebrew often uses the air where English might also say the air or just talk more generally about the weather.

What does בחוץ mean exactly?