היא לא שומעת מוזיקה כשיש פגישה חשובה.

there is

Breakdown of היא לא שומעת מוזיקה כשיש פגישה חשובה.

• היא: she
• לא: not
• פגישה: meeting

Questions & Answers about היא לא שומעת מוזיקה כשיש פגישה חשובה.

Why does the sentence start with היא?

היא means she. Hebrew usually includes the subject pronoun when you want to clearly state who is doing the action.

So:

• היא = she
• לא שומעת = does not hear / does not listen to
• מוזיקה = music

Together, היא לא שומעת מוזיקה means she does not listen to music.

Hebrew can sometimes leave out subject pronouns in certain contexts, but here היא is perfectly normal and clear.

Why is לא used here, and where does it go in the sentence?

לא is the normal Hebrew word for not.

In a simple present-tense sentence, it usually comes:

subject + לא + verb

So:

• היא שומעת = she hears / she listens
• היא לא שומעת = she does not hear / she does not listen

This is different from English, which needs do/does not in the present tense. Hebrew does not use a word like does here.

Does שומעת mean hears or listens?