Questions & Answers about אני בודקת את השרשרת לפני שאני מדוושת.
Because the sentence has two clauses, and each clause has its own subject:
- אני בודקת את השרשרת = I check the chain
- לפני שאני מדוושת = before I pedal / before I’m pedaling
This is very similar to English: I check the chain before I pedal.
In Hebrew, repeating אני is especially useful in the present tense, because present-tense verb forms usually show gender and number, but not clearly person. So בודקת by itself could mean checking for a feminine subject, but not specifically I unless the context makes it clear.
That -ת marks the verbs as feminine singular in the present tense.
So this sentence is said by a female speaker.
Compare:
- אני בודקת... אני מדוושת... = said by a woman
- אני בודק... אני מדווש... = said by a man
So a male version would be:
אני בודק את השרשרת לפני שאני מדווש.