אני לוחצת על הדוושה ומתחילה לדווש.

Because the speaker is feminine singular.

In Hebrew present tense, adjectives and present-tense verb forms agree with gender and number. So:

• masculine singular: לוחץ, מתחיל
• feminine singular: לוחצת, מתחילה
• masculine plural: לוחצים, מתחילים
• feminine plural: לוחצות, מתחילות

So this sentence is being said by a woman or girl. A male speaker would say:

אני לוחץ על הדוושה ומתחיל לדווש.

Yes. לוחצת and מתחילה are both present-tense forms.

In Hebrew, the present tense often covers both:

• what someone is doing right now
• what someone generally / habitually does

So depending on context, this could mean something like:

• I’m pressing the pedal and starting to pedal or
• I press the pedal and start pedaling

Hebrew present tense is often more flexible than English.

Because the verb ללחוץ often takes the preposition על when you mean press on something.

So Hebrew says:

• ללחוץ על כפתור = to press a button
• ללחוץ על הדוושה = to press the pedal

This is just the normal pattern of the verb in this meaning. English learners often want to say a direct object without a preposition, but in Hebrew על is the standard choice here.

Because הדוושה is not a direct object here. It comes after the preposition על.

The particle את is used before a definite direct object, for example:

• אני רואה את הילד = I see the boy

But here we have:

• אני לוחצת על הדוושה

Since הדוושה is part of the prepositional phrase על הדוושה, you do not use את.

It is the definite article, meaning the.

• דוושה = a pedal
• הדוושה = the pedal

Hebrew usually attaches the directly to the beginning of the noun as ה־.

Because after להתחיל (to start / to begin), Hebrew normally uses an infinitive.

So:

• מתחילה לדווש = starts to pedal
• literally: begins to pedal

This is a very common pattern:

• הוא מתחיל ללמוד = he starts studying
• אני מתחילה לעבוד = I start working
• הם התחילו לדבר = they started talking

So לדווש is the infinitive form, just like English to pedal.

They are related in meaning, but they are different parts of speech:

• דוושה = pedal (a noun)
• לדווש = to pedal (a verb)

So in this sentence:

• first you have the thing being pressed: הדוושה
• then the action of pedaling: לדווש

English does the same kind of thing with pedal as both a noun and a verb.

Because Hebrew often includes the subject pronoun for clarity, emphasis, or natural style.

You could say:

• לוחצת על הדוושה ומתחילה לדווש

and in the right context it could still mean I press the pedal and start pedaling, especially if it’s already clear who is speaking.

But using אני is very normal and often sounds clearer, especially in standalone sentences.

Because the same subject carries over to the second verb.

Hebrew, like English, usually does not repeat the subject if it is unchanged:

• אני לוחצת על הדוושה ומתחילה לדווש
• literally: I press the pedal and start to pedal

Repeating אני would usually sound unnecessary unless you wanted special emphasis.

The dictionary forms are:

• ללחוץ = to press
• להתחיל = to start / to begin
• לדווש = to pedal

The sentence uses:

• לוחצת from ללחוץ
• מתחילה from להתחיל
• לדווש stays in the infinitive because it follows מתחילה

Yes. Only the gender-marked present-tense forms would change:

• אני לוחץ על הדוושה ומתחיל לדווש.

Changes:

• לוחצת → לוחץ
• מתחילה → מתחיל

The rest stays the same.

Yes.

• ו־ = and
• מתחילה = starts / is starting

So ומתחילה means and starts or and am starting, depending on how you phrase it in English.

In Hebrew, the conjunction ו־ is attached directly to the next word.

Usually yes, or at least some kind of pedal-powered motion.

In most everyday contexts, לדווש strongly suggests pedaling something like:

• a bicycle
• an exercise bike
• another pedal-driven device

So even if אופניים is not mentioned, the action is easy to picture from the context.

The sentence presents them as a natural sequence:

• first: לוחצת על הדוושה
• then: מתחילה לדווש

Using ו here can connect actions that are closely linked in time. It does not always mean two completely separate events; often it just moves the action forward naturally.

So the sense is something like:

• I press the pedal and then start pedaling or
• I press on the pedal and begin to pedal

Yes, if you are learning practical everyday Hebrew, especially vocabulary related to:

• bicycles
• driving
• exercise equipment
• mechanics

It means pedal, and you may also see it in combinations like:

• דוושת הגז = gas pedal / accelerator
• דוושת הבלם = brake pedal

So it is a useful word beyond just this sentence.