אם את רוצה להצטרף אלינו, תודיעי לי עד הערב.

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Breakdown of אם את רוצה להצטרף אלינו, תודיעי לי עד הערב.

• את: you
• לי: to me
• אם: if

Questions & Answers about אם את רוצה להצטרף אלינו, תודיעי לי עד הערב.

Why is את included here? I thought Hebrew often leaves out subject pronouns.

Hebrew often drops subject pronouns when the verb already shows the person clearly. But רוצה is a present-tense form, and present tense in Hebrew does not show person; it only shows gender and number. So את is needed to tell you that the subject is you.

By contrast, תודיעי already shows you, feminine singular, so Hebrew does not need another subject pronoun there.

How do I know this sentence is addressed to a woman?

Several words show that:

• את = you addressed to one female
• רוצה here is understood as feminine singular
• תודיעי is the feminine singular form

So the whole sentence is speaking to one woman.

But רוצה looks the same as the masculine form. How can I tell?

In normal modern Hebrew writing, vowel marks are usually omitted, so masculine רוֹצֶה and feminine רוֹצָה are both written רוצה.

You tell them apart from context. Here the pronoun את makes it feminine, and תודיעי also confirms that the speaker is talking to a woman.

Why does the sentence say אם את רוצה and not אם את תרצי?