Breakdown of אני מבינה את החשש.
Questions & Answers about אני מבינה את החשש.
Because מבינה is the feminine singular form.
In Hebrew present tense, verbs usually change for gender and number. Since the sentence says אני (I), the verb form tells us whether the speaker is male or female:
- אני מבינה = I understand said by a woman
- אני מבין = I understand said by a man
So this sentence is something a female speaker would say.
A man would say:
אני מבין את החשש.
Everything stays the same except מבינה becomes מבין.
So:
- אני מבינה את החשש. = said by a woman
- אני מבין את החשש. = said by a man
את is the direct object marker.
It does not have a direct English translation. It appears before a definite direct object—usually one with ה־ (the), a name, or something otherwise specific.
In this sentence:
- מבינה = understand
- החשש = the concern / the apprehension
- so את החשש marks the concern as the thing being understood
Compare:
- אני מבינה חשש — not natural here
- אני מבינה את החשש — correct, because החשש is definite