בבנק הפקידה נותנת לי טופס ומבקשת ממני למלא אותו.

בבנק is the preposition ב־ plus בנק. In this sentence it means in the bank or at the bank.

A useful thing to know:

• ב־ can mean both in and at, depending on context.
• When ב־ combines with the definite article ה־ (the), they merge in pronunciation.

So this is essentially:

• ב + ה + בנק → בבנק

In unpointed Hebrew, בבנק can also be ambiguous in writing, but here the context makes at/in the bank the natural reading.

Hebrew word order is flexible. Starting with בבנק sets the scene first: At the bank, ...

That kind of opening is very natural in Hebrew when you want to establish location or context before saying what happens. English can do something similar:

• At the bank, the clerk gives me a form...

So the sentence begins with the setting, then moves to the subject and actions.

הפקידה means the clerk, the teller, or the female clerk.

It breaks down like this:

• ה־ = the
• פקיד = clerk/official (masculine)
• פקידה = female clerk/official (feminine)

The ending ־ה is a very common feminine ending in Hebrew nouns, though not every feminine noun has it and not every noun ending in ־ה is feminine.

Because the subject הפקידה is feminine singular.

In Hebrew, present-tense verb forms agree with the subject in gender and number:

• masculine singular: נותן
• feminine singular: נותנת
• masculine plural: נותנים
• feminine plural: נותנות

Since הפקידה is feminine singular, the correct form is נותנת.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Hebrew present tense often covers both:

• she gives
• she is giving

So הפקידה נותנת לי טופס could be understood as:

• the clerk gives me a form or
• the clerk is giving me a form

English usually forces you to choose one, but Hebrew often leaves that distinction to context.

לי means to me.

It is made from:

• ל־ = to/for
• a special pronoun form meaning me

Hebrew very often attaches prepositions directly to pronouns. So instead of using two separate words, Hebrew uses combined forms such as:

• לי = to me
• לו = to him
• לה = to her
• לנו = to us

With the verb לתת (to give), the person receiving something usually comes with ל־:

• נותנת לי טופס = gives me a form

Because טופס here is indefinite: a form, not the form.

In Hebrew, את usually marks a definite direct object, for example:

• אני ממלא את הטופס = I fill out the form

But in your sentence:

• נותנת לי טופס = gives me a form

Since טופס is indefinite, את is not used.

This is because of the way the verb לבקש works in Hebrew.

A very common pattern is:

• לבקש ממישהו לעשות משהו
• to ask someone to do something

So:

• מבקשת ממני למלא אותו means
• she asks me to fill it out

Even though English says ask me, Hebrew uses מ־ with the person:

• literally something like asks from me

That is just the normal Hebrew structure with this verb.

Because different verbs require different prepositions.

Compare:

• לתת למישהו = to give someone something
• לבקש ממישהו = to ask someone

So:

• נותנת לי טופס = gives me a form
• מבקשת ממני למלא אותו = asks me to fill it out

You cannot swap those prepositions freely. They are part of the verb patterns you need to learn.

למלא is the infinitive, meaning to fill or, in this context, to fill out.

After verbs like מבקשת (asks), Hebrew often uses an infinitive for the action being requested:

• מבקשת ממני למלא = asks me to fill out

Notice that Hebrew does not need a separate word for out here. The verb למלא by itself can mean fill/fill out, depending on context.

אותו means it here, referring back to טופס.

Since טופס is a masculine singular noun, the pronoun must also be masculine singular:

• אותו = masculine singular him/it
• אותה = feminine singular her/it

So:

• למלא אותו = to fill it out

If the noun were feminine, the sentence would use אותה instead.

Not exactly.

They are related historically, but in modern Hebrew they do different jobs:

• את marks a definite direct object:

  • אני ממלא את הטופס
  • I fill out the form

• אותו is an object pronoun:

  • אני ממלא אותו
  • I fill it out

So in this sentence, אותו does not mark the object; it actually stands for the form.

Because both verbs have the same subject, and Hebrew does not need to repeat it.

So:

• הפקידה נותנת לי טופס ומבקשת ממני...

means:

• The clerk gives me a form and asks me...

English works the same way here. Once the subject is clear, both coordinated verbs can share it.