כי יש רוח, אני לובשת מעיל וגרביים.

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Breakdown of כי יש רוח, אני לובשת מעיל וגרביים.

• יש: there is
• ו: and
• כי: because

Questions & Answers about כי יש רוח, אני לובשת מעיל וגרביים.

What does כי mean here?

Here כי means because or since. It introduces the reason:

כי יש רוח = because there is wind / because it is windy

A learner should know that כי can mean other things in other contexts, but in this sentence it is a reason word.

Why does Hebrew say יש רוח instead of something like it is windy?

Hebrew often expresses this idea literally as there is wind:

• יש = there is / there are
• רוח = wind

So יש רוח is a very natural Hebrew way to say it’s windy.

English uses a weather expression with it, but Hebrew does not need that here.

What exactly does יש mean?

יש means there is or there are. It is used to show existence.

So:

• יש רוח = there is wind
• יש מעיל = there is a coat
• יש גרביים = there are socks

In this sentence, יש is not a verb meaning has. It simply means that something exists or is present.