"תודה," הוא אומר. "כן, אני כבר מוכן."

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Breakdown of "תודה," הוא אומר. "כן, אני כבר מוכן."

• הוא: he
• כבר: already
• כן: yes

Questions & Answers about "תודה," הוא אומר. "כן, אני כבר מוכן."

What does תודה mean here? Is it thanks or thank you?

תודה can mean both thanks and thank you. In everyday Hebrew, it is the normal polite word for thanking someone.

• תודה = thanks / thank you
• תודה רבה = thank you very much

So in this sentence, תודה is a very natural, common way to say thanks.

Why is there a comma after תודה?

The comma is there because תודה is followed by a speech tag: הוא אומר = he says.

So the structure is:

• תודה, הוא אומר.
• Literally: Thanks, he says.

This works much like English punctuation in dialogue. In modern Hebrew writing, punctuation around direct speech often follows familiar European-style conventions, including commas and quotation marks.

What does הוא אומר mean exactly?

הוא אומר means he says or he is saying.

Breakdown:

• הוא = he
• אומר = says / is saying

The verb אומר is the masculine singular present-tense form of = .