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Questions & Answers about את מבינה עברית?
Why does the sentence start with את?
את means you when speaking to one female.
Hebrew changes some words depending on gender, so the word for you is different depending on who you are talking to:
- את = you (to one female)
- אתה = you (to one male)
So את מבינה עברית? is specifically addressed to a woman or girl.
Why is it מבינה and not some other form?
מבינה means understand or understands, in the present tense, for a female singular subject.
It matches את, so both words are feminine singular:
- את מבינה = you (female) understand
- אתה מבין = you (male) understand
This agreement between subject and verb is very important in Hebrew.
Where is the word for do? Shouldn’t it be Do you understand Hebrew?