דיברתי איתה על הלקוח החדש, והיא אמרה שהוא כבר מחכה בקופה.

I spoke with her about the new customer, and she said that he is already waiting at the checkout.

Breakdown of דיברתי איתה על הלקוח החדש, והיא אמרה שהוא כבר מחכה בקופה.

• הוא: he
• חדש: new
• היא: she
• ו: and

Questions & Answers about דיברתי איתה על הלקוח החדש, והיא אמרה שהוא כבר מחכה בקופה.

Why is דיברתי enough to mean I spoke? Where is the word for I?

In Hebrew, the verb itself usually tells you who the subject is.

• דיברתי = I spoke / I talked
• The ending -תי marks first person singular in the past tense

So Hebrew often leaves out אני (I) because it is already built into the verb. You could say אני דיברתי, but that would usually add emphasis, like I spoke.

What exactly does איתה mean, and why doesn’t it look like the usual word for with?

איתה means with her.

This is one of the Hebrew prepositions that often appears as a single word when combined with a pronoun.

• איתי = with me
• איתך = with you
• איתו = with him
• איתה = with her

So in דיברתי איתה, the phrase means I spoke with her.

A common point of confusion: this את/אית־ form is not the same as the separate word את that marks a definite direct object. Here, איתה clearly means with her.

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