"Family is an important thing."
Translation:משפחה היא דבר חשוב.
September 15, 2016
6 Comments
Larry824711
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Since "משפחה" is a feminine noun, why do we use "חשוב" rather than "חשובה"? Shouldn't the genders match?
October 24, 2018
I think this is wrong because היא means it,she or her and the sentence says is
September 15, 2016
The pronoun היא is used here as a copula, so it functions like the "is" in English, except it is not a verb. This is the way (one of the ways) of Hebrew to express "X is a Y".
September 15, 2016
