אני מביאה קערה גדולה וכפית קטנה לקינוח.

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Breakdown of אני מביאה קערה גדולה וכפית קטנה לקינוח.

• גדול: big
• קטן: small
• ו: and

Questions & Answers about אני מביאה קערה גדולה וכפית קטנה לקינוח.

Why is the verb מביאה and not מביא?

Because the speaker is feminine singular.

In Hebrew present tense, the verb agrees with the subject’s gender and number. So:

• אני מביאה = I am bringing said by a woman
• אני מביא = I am bringing said by a man

A useful thing to notice: in the present tense, Hebrew does not have a special first-person form, so מביאה can also mean she brings / is bringing depending on context.

Do I have to say אני, or could I just say מביאה קערה גדולה...?

You can sometimes omit אני if the context is clear, but keeping it is very normal.

Since present-tense Hebrew does not show person clearly, מביאה by itself could mean:

• I am bringing if a woman is speaking
• she is bringing

So אני helps remove ambiguity.

Why do the adjectives come after the nouns in קערה גדולה and כפית קטנה?

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun, unlike in English.

So:

• קערה גדולה = a big bowl
• כפית קטנה = a small spoon

This is the normal Hebrew word order for noun + adjective.