אחר כך אני מנגב את המדף, כי יש עליו הרבה אבק מהשבוע שעבר.

Afterward I wipe the shelf, because there is a lot of dust on it from last week.

Breakdown of אחר כך אני מנגב את המדף, כי יש עליו הרבה אבק מהשבוע שעבר.

• אני: I
• יש: there is
• את: direct object marker
• כי: because

Questions & Answers about אחר כך אני מנגב את המדף, כי יש עליו הרבה אבק מהשבוע שעבר.

Why does the sentence start with אחר כך?

אחר כך means after that / afterwards / then. It is a very common way to show sequence in Hebrew.

So in this sentence, it tells you that this action happens later, after some previous action.

You can think of it as:

• אחר = after
• כך = so / this way

But together, אחר כך is just a fixed expression meaning afterwards.

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Why is it אני מנגב and not some other form?

מנגב is the present-tense masculine singular form of the verb.

Hebrew present tense agrees with the subject’s gender and number, not with the tense meaning I. Since the speaker is presumably masculine here, the sentence uses:

• אני מנגב = I wipe / I am wiping

If the speaker were female, it would be:

• אני מנגבת

Other forms:

• אתה מנגב = you (masc. sg.) wipe
• את מנגבת = you (fem. sg.) wipe
• הוא מנגב = he wipes
• היא מנגבת = she wipes

So אני does not force a special I-form in the present tense. Hebrew uses the regular gender/number form.

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Does מנגב mean wipe or dry?