כמה אימיילים הוא שולח בכל שבוע?

How many emails does he send every week?

Breakdown of כמה אימיילים הוא שולח בכל שבוע?

• הוא: he
• ב: in
• אימייל: email
• לשלוח: to send
• שבוע: week
• כל: every
• כמה: how many

Questions & Answers about כמה אימיילים הוא שולח בכל שבוע?

What does each word in כמה אימיילים הוא שולח בכל שבוע? do grammatically?

A quick breakdown:

• כמה = how many
• אימיילים = emails
• הוא = he
• שולח = sends / is sending
• בכל = every / in every
• שבוע = week

So the structure is basically:

how many emails + he + sends + every week

Hebrew often builds questions this way, with the question word or question phrase at the front.

Why does the sentence start with כמה אימיילים instead of הוא?

Because in Hebrew, the question phrase usually comes first.

So:

• כמה אימיילים הוא שולח? = natural, standard word order
• literally: How many emails does he send?

Starting with כמה אימיילים makes it immediately clear that this is a how many question.

English also does something similar:

• How many emails does he send? not
• He sends how many emails? except for special emphasis

Why is הוא included? Doesn't שולח already mean he sends?

Not by itself.

In the present tense, Hebrew verbs usually show gender and number, but not full person the way English does. So שולח can match several subjects, depending on context:

• אני שולח = I send / I am sending
• אתה שולח = you send / you are sending
• הוא שולח = he sends / he is sending

Because of that, the pronoun הוא is helpful and often necessary unless the context already makes the subject obvious.

Why is there no Hebrew word for does in this question?

Because Hebrew does not use do/does/did the way English does.

English says:

• How many emails does he send?

Hebrew just says the equivalent of:

• How many emails he sends?

The sentence is understood as a question because of:

• the question word כמה
• the intonation in speech
• the question mark in writing

So the lack of a separate word for does is completely normal.

What form is שולח?

שולח is the masculine singular present-tense form of the verb לשלוח = to send.

Because the subject is הוא = he, the verb appears in the masculine singular form:

• הוא שולח = he sends

Compare:

• היא שולחת = she sends
• הם שולחים = they send
• הן שולחות = they send (feminine)

So שולח is chosen to agree with הוא.

Does שולח mean sends or is sending?

It can mean either one, depending on context.

Hebrew present tense often covers both:

• he sends
• he is sending

But in this sentence, בכל שבוע = every week, so the meaning is clearly habitual:

• How many emails does he send every week?

So here שולח is best understood as sends, not is sending right now.

Why isn't there an את before אימיילים?

Because את is normally used before a definite direct object, and כמה אימיילים is not definite.

Compare:

• הוא שולח אימיילים = he sends emails
• הוא שולח את האימיילים = he sends the emails

In your sentence, כמה אימיילים means how many emails, which is indefinite, so את is not used.

What does בכל שבוע mean literally, and why is there a ב־ there?

Literally:

• ב־ = in
• כל = every / all
• שבוע = week

So בכל שבוע is literally something like in every week, but the natural English meaning is:

• every week
• each week

This is a very normal Hebrew expression.

You may also hear כל שבוע, which also means every week. In many everyday contexts, both are possible, though בכל שבוע is the exact form used here.

Is אימיילים a normal Hebrew word?

Yes. אימייל is a borrowed modern word, and אימיילים is its plural.

The plural ending ־ים is the regular masculine plural ending in Hebrew.

So:

• אימייל = email
• אימיילים = emails

In everyday speech, many Israelis also say:

• מייל
• מיילים

Those are also very common.

How is the sentence pronounced?

A simple transliteration is:

kama imeylim hu sholeaḥ b'khol shavua?

A more pronunciation-friendly guide:

• ka-MA
• ee-MAY-lim
• hu
• sho-LE-aḥ
• b'KHOL
• sha-VU-a

A few pronunciation notes:

• כ in בכל sounds like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach
• ח at the end of שולח has that same kind of throat sound
• שבוע is three syllables: sha-vu-a

Can I leave out הוא and just say כמה אימיילים שולח בכל שבוע?

Usually, that would sound incomplete or at least less clear.

Since the present-tense verb form שולח does not clearly identify the person by itself, Hebrew normally includes the subject pronoun unless context already tells you who it is.

So the natural full sentence is:

• כמה אימיילים הוא שולח בכל שבוע?

If the subject were already very obvious from the conversation, a speaker might drop הוא, but for learners, keeping it is the safest choice.

How would the sentence change if the subject were she or they?

You would change both the pronoun and the verb form so they agree.

• כמה אימיילים היא שולחת בכל שבוע?
  = How many emails does she send every week?

• כמה אימיילים הם שולחים בכל שבוע?
  = How many emails do they send every week?

• כמה אימיילים הן שולחות בכל שבוע?
  = How many emails do they send every week?
  feminine they

The rest of the sentence stays the same.