Breakdown of צריך לפרום את המכפלת לפני שתופרים אותה.
את
direct object marker
להיות צריך
to need
לפני
before
אותה
it
Questions & Answers about צריך לפרום את המכפלת לפני שתופרים אותה.
Why does the sentence start with צריך? Who is the subject?
In this sentence, צריך is being used in an impersonal way, like it is necessary to... or one/you need to...
So:
- צריך לפרום... = It is necessary to unpick...
- In natural English, this often becomes You need to...
Hebrew often leaves the subject unstated when the meaning is general. So the sentence does not explicitly say who needs to do it.
If you wanted to name the subject, you could say:
- אני צריך/ה... = I need to...
- אתה צריך... = you (masc. singular) need to...
- את צריכה... = you (fem. singular) need to...
Here, without a subject, צריך works like a general statement.
Why is it צריך and not צריכים or צריכה?