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

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.

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.

The preposition על means about here.

So:

• דיברתי איתה = I spoke with her
• על הלקוח החדש = about the new customer

Together:

• דיברתי איתה על הלקוח החדש = I spoke with her about the new customer

This is just the normal Hebrew pattern for to talk/speak about:
לדבר על...

Because Hebrew adjectives match the noun in definiteness as well as gender and number.

• לקוח חדש = a new customer
• הלקוח החדש = the new customer

Since לקוח is definite because of ה־, the adjective חדש also becomes definite:

• הלקוח = the customer
• החדש = the new

This is very important in Hebrew. If the noun is the..., the adjective usually also gets ה־.

חדש means new in the masculine singular form.

It agrees with לקוח, which is a masculine singular noun.

Compare:

• לקוח חדש = a new customer/client
• לקוחה חדשה = a new female customer/client

So the form חדש is used because לקוח is masculine singular.

Good question. Hebrew often does drop subject pronouns, because the verb already shows the person and gender.

• אמרה already means she said

So והיא אמרה literally includes and she said, even though ואמרה could also work in many contexts.

Why include היא?

Common reasons:

• to make the subject clear
• to create smoother contrast or flow
• to emphasize she
• because it sounds natural in connected speech

So here, והיא אמרה is very normal and natural.

אמרה is the past tense, third person feminine singular form of the verb אמר (to say).

So:

• אמר = he said
• אמרה = she said
• אמרתי = I said

In this sentence, it matches היא:

• והיא אמרה = and she said

It is written as one word in Hebrew, but it is really made of two parts:

• ש־ = that
• הוא = he

So:

• שהוא = that he

In the sentence:

• והיא אמרה שהוא כבר מחכה בקופה
• and she said that he is already waiting at the checkout

This ש־ is extremely common in Hebrew and often introduces a clause like that...

Because after אמרה (she said), the sentence is reporting what is true at that moment:

• הוא כבר מחכה = he is already waiting

So:

• אמרה = past
• מחכה = present

This is very natural in Hebrew, just as in English you can say:

• She said he is already waiting

The form מחכה is the masculine singular present tense form, matching הוא / הלקוח.

In the present tense, Hebrew verbs behave a lot like adjectives and agree with gender and number.

For the verb לחכות (to wait):

• מחכה = masculine singular
• מחכה = feminine singular too, in writing
• מחכים = masculine plural
• מחכות = feminine plural

In this sentence, הוא tells you the subject is masculine singular, so מחכה is understood as he is waiting.

A useful note: masculine singular and feminine singular can look the same in writing for some present-tense forms, so context matters.

כבר means already.

So:

• הוא מחכה = he is waiting
• הוא כבר מחכה = he is already waiting

It gives the sense that the waiting has started earlier than expected, or that by now he is waiting.

Depending on context, כבר can sometimes feel like:

• already
• by now
• as it is

But already is the clearest meaning here.

בקופה is made of:

• ב־ = in / at
• הקופה = the register / cashier / checkout

Because ב־ joins with ה־, you get:

• ב + הקופה = בקופה

In everyday usage, קופה often means:

• cash register
• checkout counter
• cashier area

So מחכה בקופה most naturally means something like:

• waiting at the checkout
• waiting by the register

This is a standard Hebrew contraction.

When certain prepositions come before ה־ (the), they combine:

• ב + ה → בַּ
• ל + ה → לַ
• כ + ה → כַּ

So:

• ב + הקופה becomes בקופה

This is very common in Hebrew, and you should get used to seeing it often.

It can mean both, depending on context.

• לקוח can be customer
• It can also be client

In this sentence, הלקוח החדש could be:

• the new customer
• the new client

If the meaning shown to the learner says customer, that is perfectly natural. But in business or service contexts, client may also fit.

The sentence is:

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

A natural breakdown is:

1. דיברתי איתה = I spoke with her
2. על הלקוח החדש = about the new customer
3. והיא אמרה = and she said
4. שהוא כבר מחכה בקופה = that he is already waiting at the checkout

So the overall structure is very close to English:

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

That is one reason this sentence feels fairly approachable for English speakers.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

dibárti ita al ha-lakóach he-chadásh, ve-hi amrá she-hu kvar mechaké ba-kupá

A few notes:

• דיברתי = dibárti
• איתה = ita
• לקוח is often pronounced roughly lakóach
• והיא = vehi
• אמרה = amrá
• שהוא = shehu
• מחכה = mechaké
• בקופה = bakupá

Pronunciation varies a bit by speaker and accent, but this will be understood well.