Questions & Answers about היא חופשייה לצאת עכשיו.
Why is חופשייה in the feminine form?
Because היא means she, and adjectives in Hebrew usually agree with the gender and number of the noun or pronoun they describe.
- masculine singular: חופשי
- feminine singular: חופשייה
- masculine plural: חופשיים
- feminine plural: חופשיות
So with היא, you need the feminine singular form חופשייה.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out.
So Hebrew says:
- היא חופשייה = she is free
There is no separate present-tense word like English is here. This is completely normal Hebrew grammar.
In past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be when needed, but in simple present descriptions like this, it is usually omitted.
What does לצאת mean grammatically here?