אני לא אוהב לבקש עזרה מאנשים, אבל בדרך כלל אני מסתדר לבד.

אוהב is the masculine singular form of love/like in the present tense.

So this sentence sounds like it is spoken by a man:

• אני לא אוהב... = I don’t like...

If the speaker is a woman, it would usually be:

• אני לא אוהבת לבקש עזרה מאנשים...

Hebrew present-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.

After אוהב / אוהבת, Hebrew often uses an infinitive to express liking to do something or liking doing something.

So:

• אוהב לבקש = likes to ask
• לא אוהב לבקש = doesn’t like to ask

This is very similar to English like to ask.

The infinitive here is:

• לבקש = to ask / to request

לבקש basically means to ask for or to request.

In this sentence:

• לבקש עזרה = to ask for help

So it is not just asking a question in general. It is more specifically requesting something.

Compare:

• לשאול שאלה = to ask a question
• לבקש עזרה = to ask for help

That distinction is useful, because English uses ask for both ideas, but Hebrew often uses different verbs.

עזרה means help, and here it is being used in a general, non-specific sense.

So:

• לבקש עזרה = to ask for help

If you said את העזרה or העזרה, that would usually sound more specific:

• לבקש את העזרה = to ask for the help

In this sentence, the speaker means help in general, not some particular help already known to both people.

מאנשים means from people.

It is made from:

• מ־ = from
• אנשים = people

Because the next word begins with a guttural sound (א), the preposition appears as מֵא־ / מַא־ in writing:

• מאנשים = from people

In Hebrew, with לבקש עזרה מ..., the source of the help is often introduced with מ־:

• לבקש עזרה מאנשים = to ask people for help / to ask for help from people

אנשים is the plural people. The sentence is talking about people in general, not one particular person.

So:

• מאנשים = from people
• מאדם אחד = from one person
• ממישהו = from someone

Using the plural makes the statement broad and general: the speaker doesn’t like asking people for help in general.

Yes, בדרך כלל is a very common fixed expression meaning usually or generally.

Literally, it is something like:

• בדרך = in the way / in a way
• כלל = generality / rule / general

But learners should mostly treat בדרך כלל as one chunk meaning:

• usually
• in general

Examples:

• בדרך כלל אני קם מוקדם. = I usually get up early.
• בדרך כלל היא שותה קפה. = She usually drinks coffee.

מסתדר here means something like:

• manage
• get by
• cope
• work things out

In this sentence:

• אני מסתדר לבד = I manage on my own / I get by by myself

This verb comes from the root related to order/arrangement, but in everyday Hebrew להסתדר very often means to manage or to be okay in a situation.

Examples:

• אני מסתדר. = I’m managing / I’m okay.
• תסתדר בלי זה. = You’ll manage without it.
• היא מסתדרת טוב בעבודה החדשה. = She’s doing fine in the new job.

The verb is להסתדר, which is in the התפעל pattern. In the present tense, the masculine singular form is:

• מסתדר

The ת is part of the verb pattern, not a separate word.

Forms:

• מסתדר = masculine singular
• מסתדרת = feminine singular
• מסתדרים = masculine plural / mixed plural
• מסתדרות = feminine plural

So if a woman is speaking, she would usually say:

• אני מסתדרת לבד

Both can relate to doing something without help, but they are not always identical.

• לבד = alone / by myself / on my own
• בעצמי = myself / by myself personally

In this sentence, לבד is the most natural choice because the idea is without other people’s help:

• אני מסתדר לבד = I manage on my own

בעצמי can sometimes sound more like emphasis:

• אני אעשה את זה בעצמי = I’ll do it myself

So לבד fits better with the sense of independence here.

Hebrew often repeats the subject for clarity or emphasis, especially after a conjunction like אבל (but).

So:

• אני לא אוהב לבקש עזרה מאנשים, אבל בדרך כלל אני מסתדר לבד.

This sounds very natural.

Could you say it without the second אני?

• אני לא אוהב לבקש עזרה מאנשים, אבל בדרך כלל מסתדר לבד.

In casual speech, some speakers might say something like that, but the full version with אני is clearer and more standard.

A little, yes, but the original order is very natural.

Original:

• אני לא אוהב לבקש עזרה מאנשים, אבל בדרך כלל אני מסתדר לבד.

You could move בדרך כלל around:

• אני לא אוהב לבקש עזרה מאנשים, אבל אני בדרך כלל מסתדר לבד.
• בדרך כלל אני מסתדר לבד...

All of these are understandable, but the original sentence sounds smooth and idiomatic.

Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but not completely free. Learners should usually keep expressions like בדרך כלל where native speakers commonly place them.

Yes, but אבל is the normal everyday word for but.

• אבל = but
• אך = but / however, more formal or literary
• אלא = but rather / except that, used differently

In this sentence, אבל is the best natural choice for ordinary spoken or written Hebrew:

• ..., אבל בדרך כלל אני מסתדר לבד.

Two verb forms would normally change:

• אני לא אוהבת לבקש עזרה מאנשים, אבל בדרך כלל אני מסתדרת לבד.

Changes:

• אוהב → אוהבת
• מסתדר → מסתדרת

Everything else stays the same.