Questions & Answers about אחרי שהיא מפקידה את הכסף, הארנק שלה לא ריק.
What does אחרי mean here, and how is it used in the sentence?
אחרי means after.
In this sentence, it introduces a time clause:
- אחרי שהיא מפקידה את הכסף = after she deposits the money
So the sentence is built like this:
- אחרי... = after...
- הארנק שלה לא ריק = her wallet is not empty
Hebrew often uses אחרי the same way English uses after.
What is שהיא? Is that one word or two?
It is really a combination of two parts:
- ש־ = that / when / which (a very common connecting word)
- היא = she
So:
- שהיא = that she / when she, depending on context
In this sentence, אחרי שהיא מפקידה... literally looks something like after that she deposits..., but in natural English we simply say after she deposits...
This ש־ is extremely common in Hebrew and appears in many kinds of clauses.
Why is the verb מפקידה and not something else?