Questions & Answers about אף אחד לא מחכה לי ליד התחנה.
Yes, אף אחד means no one / nobody, but in standard Hebrew it normally appears together with לא in negative sentences.
So Hebrew says:
- אף אחד לא מחכה לי
literally: no one not is-waiting for me
But the real meaning is simply:
- No one is waiting for me
This is a normal Hebrew pattern, not a double negative in the English sense.
You will see the same structure in many sentences:
- אף אחד לא בא = No one came / is coming
- אף פעם לא ראיתי את זה = I never saw that
- שום דבר לא קרה = Nothing happened
אף אחד literally means not even one, and in everyday Hebrew it is used for no one / nobody.
It is grammatically masculine singular, because אחד means one in the masculine form. That is why the verb here is also masculine singular:
- אף אחד לא מחכה
If you wanted to be more explicitly feminine in some contexts, Hebrew sometimes uses אף אחת, but אף אחד is often used generically for people in general.
So in this sentence:
- אף אחד = nobody / no one