קבענו פגישת מעקב מכיוון שההתאוששות איטית.

קבענו means we scheduled / we arranged / we set.

Grammar:

• Root: ק-ב-ע
• Tense: past
• Person/number: 1st person plural (we)

So קבענו פגישת מעקב = we scheduled a follow-up appointment.

A useful thing to know is that this verb can mean slightly different things depending on context:

• קבענו פגישה = we scheduled a meeting/appointment
• קבענו עובדה = we established a fact
• קבענו מחיר = we set a price

In this sentence, scheduled/arranged is the natural meaning.

Because this is a construct phrase (called סמיכות in Hebrew), which is how Hebrew often says X of Y or creates tight noun combinations.

So:

• פגישה = meeting / appointment
• מעקב = follow-up / monitoring

But when פגישה comes before another noun in a construct phrase, it changes:

• פגישה → פגישת

So:

• פגישת מעקב = a follow-up appointment

This is similar to:

• בית ספר = school
• חדר מיון = emergency room
• בדיקת דם = blood test

A common pattern is:

• feminine noun ending in -ה
• in construct form, it often changes to -ת

So פגישה → פגישת is completely normal.

מעקב means follow-up, monitoring, or tracking, depending on context.

In medical contexts, פגישת מעקב usually means:

• follow-up appointment
• an appointment to check how someone is doing after treatment, surgery, illness, etc.

Related examples:

• בדיקות מעקב = follow-up tests
• מעקב רפואי = medical monitoring / medical follow-up
• להיות במעקב = to be under follow-up / under monitoring

So in this sentence, פגישת מעקב is a very natural medical phrase.

Because את marks a definite direct object, and פגישת מעקב here is indefinite.

Compare:

• קבענו פגישת מעקב = we scheduled a follow-up appointment
• קבענו את פגישת המעקב = we scheduled the follow-up appointment

So:

• no את with an indefinite object
• את with a definite object

This is one of the most common things English speakers need to get used to, because English does not have a special marker like את.

Yes. מכיוון ש־ means because / since.

In this sentence:

• מכיוון ש־ההתאוששות איטית
• because the recovery is slow

It is a fairly natural and somewhat more formal/neutral way to say because.

Other ways Hebrew can say because:

• כי = because
• בגלל ש־ = because

Rough comparison:

• כי = very common, straightforward
• בגלל ש־ = common in speech
• מכיוון ש־ = a bit more formal or written-sounding, but still very normal

So this sentence could also be phrased as:

• קבענו פגישת מעקב כי ההתאוששות איטית
• קבענו פגישת מעקב בגלל שההתאוששות איטית

All are understandable, but מכיוון ש־ sounds polished and natural.

Because these two parts are doing different jobs:

• ש־ = that / because linker after מכיוון
• ה־ = the

So:

• מכיוון ש־ = because
• ההתאוששות = the recovery

Put together:

• מכיוון שההתאוששות איטית = because the recovery is slow

The ש belongs to the conjunction, and the ה belongs to the noun.

This kind of stacking is very common in Hebrew:

• אני חושב שהילד עייף = I think the child is tired
• ברור שהמקום סגור = it is clear that the place is closed

Because איטית agrees with ההתאוששות, which is a feminine singular noun.

Agreement in Hebrew matters a lot:

• masculine singular: איטי
• feminine singular: איטית
• masculine plural: איטיים
• feminine plural: איטיות

Since:

• התאוששות = feminine singular

we get:

• ההתאוששות איטית = the recovery is slow

More examples of the same idea:

• הבדיקה קצרה = the test/exam is short
• הפגישה חשובה = the appointment is important
• הטיפול יעיל = the treatment is effective
  (here טיפול is masculine, so no -ת ending)

It is not expressed in the present tense.

In Hebrew, the present tense usually does not use a separate word for am / is / are.

So:

• ההתאוששות איטית literally looks like the recovery slow
• but it means the recovery is slow

This is completely normal Hebrew.

Compare:

• הוא עייף = he is tired
• היא רופאה = she is a doctor
• החדר נקי = the room is clean

In past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be:

• ההתאוששות הייתה איטית = the recovery was slow
• ההתאוששות תהיה איטית = the recovery will be slow

It is indefinite here: a follow-up appointment.

That is because there is no marker making the phrase definite.

In a construct phrase, definiteness is usually shown on the second noun:

• פגישת מעקב = a follow-up appointment
• פגישת המעקב = the follow-up appointment

So the whole phrase becomes definite if the second noun is definite.

This can feel strange to English speakers, because English usually puts the at the beginning, but Hebrew handles definiteness differently in construct phrases.

Yes. Hebrew can move the because clause for emphasis or style.

The original:

• קבענו פגישת מעקב מכיוון שההתאוששות איטית.

A reordered version:

• מכיוון שההתאוששות איטית, קבענו פגישת מעקב.

Both mean the same thing:

• Because the recovery is slow, we scheduled a follow-up appointment.

The difference is mostly about emphasis:

• starting with קבענו focuses first on the action
• starting with מכיוון ש־ focuses first on the reason

In this medical context, appointment is the best translation.

Technically, פגישה can mean:

• meeting
• appointment
• encounter

But with מעקב and in a healthcare context, פגישת מעקב is very naturally understood as:

• follow-up appointment

If this were a business context, פגישה might be better translated as meeting. Context decides the most natural English word.

A natural pronunciation is approximately:

kavÁnu pgishát ma'akÁv mikevÁn she-hahit'oshshÚt itÍT

A few notes:

• קבענו = ka-VA-nu
• פגישת = pgi-SHAT
• מעקב = ma-a-KAV
• מכיוון = mi-ke-VAN
• ההתאוששות = ha-hit-o-shshut
• איטית = i-TIT

The stress is usually near the end in several of these words, especially:

• קבענו
• פגישת
• מעקב
• מכיוון
• איטית

If you want to sound natural, one important thing is to keep פגישת מעקב flowing together as one tight phrase, since it is a construct phrase.