היא הולכת ברחוב עם חברה טובה.

She is walking on the street with a good female friend.

Breakdown of היא הולכת ברחוב עם חברה טובה.

• טוב: good
• היא: she
• חברה: female friend
• עם: with

Questions & Answers about היא הולכת ברחוב עם חברה טובה.

Why is הולכת in the feminine form?

Because the subject is היא, which means she.

In Hebrew present tense, verbs agree with the subject in gender and number. So:

• הוא הולך = he walks / he is walking
• היא הולכת = she walks / she is walking

Here, הולכת is the feminine singular form, matching היא.

Does הולכת mean walks, is walking, or goes?

It can mean more than one of those, depending on context.

The Hebrew present tense often covers both:

• she walks
• she is walking

And with the verb הלך, it can sometimes also feel like goes if the context supports that.

So היא הולכת is a normal Hebrew way to say that she is walking, but Hebrew does not force the same distinction English does between walks and is walking.

Why is ברחוב one word?

Because Hebrew prepositions are often attached directly to the following word.

Here, ברחוב is made from:

• ב־ = in / at / on
• רחוב = street

So they combine into one written word: ברחוב.

This is very common in Hebrew. Other short prepositions also attach this way, such as:

• ל־ = to
• מ־ = from
• כ־ = like / as