אל תדאגי לי; אני אסתדר גם אם הרכבת תאחר.

תדאגי is the 2nd person feminine singular future form of the verb לדאוג (to worry).

In this sentence, אל תדאגי means don’t worry when speaking to one female.

Quick comparison:

• אל תדאג = don’t worry (to one male)
• אל תדאגי = don’t worry (to one female)
• אל תדאגו = don’t worry (to more than one person)

So the -י ending tells you the speaker is addressing a woman.

In Hebrew, negative commands are often formed with אל + future tense.

So:

• תדאגי = you will worry / you worry
• אל תדאגי = don’t worry

This is a very common pattern:

• אל תלכי = don’t go
• אל תאמר = don’t say
• אל תעשו = don’t do

So even though תדאגי is technically a future form, after אל it functions like a negative imperative.

Both can mean not, but they are used differently.

• לא is ordinary negation:
  
  • אני לא דואג = I am not worried
• אל is usually used for negative commands or warnings:
  
  • אל תדאגי = don’t worry

So in this sentence, אל is correct because the speaker is telling someone not to do something.

Yes, לי literally means to me / for me.
It is made from the preposition ל־ (to, for) + י (me).

But with the verb לדאוג, Hebrew often uses ל־ where English uses about.

So:

• לדאוג למישהו = to worry about someone
• אל תדאגי לי = don’t worry about me

This is a very common thing in Hebrew: the preposition used with a verb may not match the English preposition.

אסתדר means I’ll manage, I’ll get by, or I’ll work things out.

It comes from the verb להסתדר, which often means:

• to manage
• to cope
• to get along
• to work out / be arranged

In this sentence, אני אסתדר means something like:

• I’ll manage
• I’ll be fine
• I can handle it

It sounds natural and idiomatic in Hebrew.

The dictionary form is להסתדר. That verb is in the התפעל pattern.

In some future-tense forms of התפעל verbs, the הת־ part changes shape. So instead of something like אהסתדר, Hebrew says אסתדר.

This is normal for this verb pattern.

For example:

• להסתדר → אסתדר = I’ll manage
• להתלבש → אתלבש = I’ll get dressed
• להתקרב → אתקרב = I’ll get closer

So אסתדר is the regular future form, even if it looks less similar to the infinitive.

גם אם means even if.

Breaking it down:

• גם = also / even
• אם = if

Together, גם אם is a fixed expression meaning even if.

Examples:

• גם אם קשה = even if it’s hard
• גם אם ירד גשם = even if it rains
• גם אם הרכבת תאחר = even if the train is late

תאחר is the 3rd person feminine singular future form of לאחר (to be late / to arrive late / to be delayed).

The subject is הרכבת (the train), and רכבת is a feminine noun in Hebrew. Because the subject is feminine singular, the verb is feminine singular too.

So:

• הרכבת תאחר = the train will be late / the train will be delayed

Compare:

• האוטובוס יאחר = the bus will be late
  (אוטובוס is masculine)
• הרכבת תאחר = the train will be late
  (רכבת is feminine)

The ה־ is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• רכבת = a train / train
• הרכבת = the train

In this sentence, the speaker is referring to a specific train or to the train in the situation being discussed.

Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, but גם אם הרכבת תאחר is a very natural and neutral order.

Literally it is:

• even if the train will-be-late

Hebrew often uses subject + verb in clauses like this, especially in everyday speech.

You could also sometimes see:

• גם אם תאחר הרכבת

But that may sound a bit more literary, marked, or stylistically different depending on context. For a learner, גם אם הרכבת תאחר is the safest, most natural pattern.

Only the command part would change.

To one man:

• אל תדאג לי; אני אסתדר גם אם הרכבת תאחר.

To one woman:

• אל תדאגי לי; אני אסתדר גם אם הרכבת תאחר.

To a group:

• אל תדאגו לי; אני אסתדר גם אם הרכבת תאחר.

The rest of the sentence stays the same because אני אסתדר is I will manage, and הרכבת תאחר depends on הרכבת, not on the person being addressed.

No. The semicolon is mostly a punctuation choice.

The sentence could also be written with:

• a comma
• a period
• sometimes even no strong pause in casual writing

For example:

• אל תדאגי לי, אני אסתדר גם אם הרכבת תאחר.
• אל תדאגי לי. אני אסתדר גם אם הרכבת תאחר.

The semicolon simply marks a stronger break between two closely related clauses:

1. Don’t worry about me
2. I’ll manage even if the train is late