Learn Hardcore Hebrew: אפשר לשבת כאן בבקשה?

Breakdown of אפשר לשבת כאן בבקשה?

How do you pronounce אפשר לשבת כאן בבקשה?

A common pronunciation is:

efSHAR laSHEvet kan bevakaSHA?

A slightly more careful transliteration would be:

efshár lashévet kan bevakashá?

Stress is usually on:

In fast everyday speech, בבקשה may sound more like b'vakasha.

What does אפשר mean here?

אפשר literally means possible or it is possible.

In this sentence, it works like an impersonal expression meaning something like:

So Hebrew is not saying I can word-for-word. It is using a very common structure:

אפשר + infinitive

For example:

Is אפשר a verb?