Word
בדרך כלל אני מחפש מידע באינטרנט לפני שאני שואל שאלה.
Meaning
Usually I look for information on the internet before I ask a question.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about בדרך כלל אני מחפש מידע באינטרנט לפני שאני שואל שאלה.
Why does the sentence start with בדרך כלל? What does that phrase literally mean?
בדרך כלל means usually / generally / as a rule.
Literally, it is something like in the way of a general rule:
- ב־ = in
- דרך = way
- כלל = general rule / principle / generality
As a whole, though, you should learn it as a fixed expression meaning usually. It is extremely common in everyday Hebrew.
Why is אני used twice: אני מחפש ... לפני שאני שואל?
Hebrew often repeats the subject pronoun when a new clause begins, even if English would not always do so.
So:
- אני מחפש מידע = I look for information
- לפני שאני שואל שאלה = before I ask a question
The second אני belongs to the clause after לפני ש־ (before that / before).
This is normal and natural Hebrew. You would usually keep the pronoun there.
Why is it לפני שאני שואל and not something like לפני לשאול?