איזה דף צריך להגיש היום, את הראשון או את השני?

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Breakdown of איזה דף צריך להגיש היום, את הראשון או את השני?

• את: direct object marker
• להיות צריך: to need
• או: or

Questions & Answers about איזה דף צריך להגיש היום, את הראשון או את השני?

What does איזה mean here?

Here איזה means which.

It introduces the noun דף: איזה דף = which page / which sheet.

A useful note:

• Standard Hebrew has different forms for gender/number:
  • איזה = masculine singular
  • איזו = feminine singular
  • אילו = plural
• In everyday spoken Hebrew, איזה is often used very broadly, but in this sentence it is fully standard because דף is masculine singular.

Why isn’t there a word for you in the sentence?

Hebrew often leaves the subject unstated when it is understood from context.

So צריך להגיש literally looks like need to submit, but in natural English you usually supply a subject such as:

• do you need to submit
• do we need to submit
• does one need to submit
• should be submitted

The exact English subject depends on context.

In this sentence, צריך is in the masculine singular form, which often works as a kind of default or impersonal form when no subject is stated.

What does צריך mean here exactly?