Breakdown of צריך לסובב את האובניים לאט.
את
direct object marker
להיות צריך
to need
לאט
slowly
אובניים
potter's wheel
Questions & Answers about צריך לסובב את האובניים לאט.
Why does the sentence start with צריך? Is it the same as must or need?
צריך means need, needs, or must / have to, depending on context.
In this sentence, צריך לסובב... means something like:
- It is necessary to turn...
- One needs to turn...
- You have to turn...
So yes, it can overlap with both need and must / have to in English.
A useful thing to know is that צריך can work:
- personally: אני צריך = I need / I have to
- impersonally: צריך לעשות = it is necessary to do / one should do
Here it feels a bit impersonal or instructional, like a general direction.
Why is there no subject like אני or אתה?