אף אחד לא מחכה לי ליד התחנה.

not

Breakdown of אף אחד לא מחכה לי ליד התחנה.

• ליד: by
• לחכות: to wait
• תחנה: station

Questions & Answers about אף אחד לא מחכה לי ליד התחנה.

Why does the sentence use both אף אחד and לא? Doesn’t אף אחד already mean no one?

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

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What exactly does אף אחד mean, and is it masculine?

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