אל תשימי את השקית ליד הדלת; תשימי אותה במטבח.

Do not put the bag by the door; put it in the kitchen.

Breakdown of אל תשימי את השקית ליד הדלת; תשימי אותה במטבח.

• ב: in
• את: direct object marker
• מטבח: kitchen
• דלת: door

Questions & Answers about אל תשימי את השקית ליד הדלת; תשימי אותה במטבח.

How do I know this sentence is speaking to a woman or girl?

Because of תשימי.

That verb form is second person feminine singular. Hebrew marks gender in you forms, unlike English.

So here:

• תשימי = you (feminine singular) will put / put
• If speaking to a man, you would use תשים
• If speaking to more than one person, you would use תשימו

So the sentence is directed at one female addressee.

Where is the word you in the sentence?

Hebrew usually does not need a separate word for you, because the verb already tells you who the subject is.

In תשימי, the ending already shows:

• second person
• feminine
• singular

So Hebrew can leave out את meaning you unless there is special emphasis.

Important: the את in את השקית is not the pronoun you. Here it is the direct object marker, which is a different word even though it is spelled the same way.

Why does the sentence use אל and not לא?