ביקשתי תיקון חשבון בגלל חיוב היתר.

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Breakdown of ביקשתי תיקון חשבון בגלל חיוב היתר.

• לבקש: to ask for
• חיוב יתר: overcharge
• תיקון חשבון: bill correction

Questions & Answers about ביקשתי תיקון חשבון בגלל חיוב היתר.

What does ביקשתי mean, and what verb is it from?

ביקשתי means I asked or I requested.

It comes from the verb לבקש = to ask for / to request.

Breakdown:

• ביקש- = the past-tense stem
• -תי = I in the past tense

So:

• ביקשתי = I asked / I requested

A useful point: in Hebrew, this first-person singular past form is the same whether the speaker is male or female.

Pronunciation: bi-KASH-ti.

Why is there no word for a in תיקון חשבון?

Because Hebrew does not have an indefinite article.

So where English says:

• a correction
• an account correction
• a bill correction

Hebrew often just uses the bare noun:

• תיקון
• תיקון חשבון

Hebrew does have a definite article, ה־, which means the.

For example:

• תיקון = a correction / correction
• התיקון = the correction

So תיקון חשבון is naturally understood without any separate word for a.