המוכרת נותנת ללקוחה קבלה אחרי שהיא משלמת.

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Breakdown of המוכרת נותנת ללקוחה קבלה אחרי שהיא משלמת.

• ל: to
• אחרי: after
• לתת: to give

Questions & Answers about המוכרת נותנת ללקוחה קבלה אחרי שהיא משלמת.

How do you pronounce this sentence?

A common pronunciation is:

ha-mokhéret noténet la-lakokhá kabalá akharéy she-hí meshalémet

A few notes:

• kh represents the throaty sound of כ/ח, like ch in Scottish loch.
• מוכרת = mokhéret
• נותנת = noténet
• קבלה = kabalá
• משלמת = meshalémet

One small complication: ללקוחה is written without vowels, so its exact pronunciation depends on whether it means to the customer or to a customer. In this sentence, if the meaning shown is to the customer, it would usually be read la-lakokhá.

How do I know that the seller and the customer are female?

Because the sentence uses feminine singular forms throughout:

• המוכרת = the saleswoman / the female clerk
• לקוחה = female customer
• נותנת = feminine singular form of gives / is giving
• משלמת = feminine singular form of pays / is paying

So Hebrew is marking both people as female, and the verbs agree with that.

Why does מוכרת mean saleswoman here? I thought it could also mean .