Breakdown of אם הברכיים כואבות, אל תרוצי היום; תלכי לאט ותחזרי הביתה מוקדם.
Questions & Answers about אם הברכיים כואבות, אל תרוצי היום; תלכי לאט ותחזרי הביתה מוקדם.
Because the sentence is addressing one female person.
All three are second-person singular feminine forms:
- תרוצי = you will run / run
- תלכי = you will walk / walk
- תחזרי = you will return / return
In Hebrew, verbs often show person, number, and gender, so the speaker does not need to say את for you.
If the sentence were addressed to a man, you would get:
- אל תרוץ
- תלך לאט
- ותחזור הביתה מוקדם
ברכיים is the form for knees, and the ending -יים is the old dual ending, which is especially common with body parts that usually come in pairs.
Examples:
- עין → עיניים = eye → eyes
- אוזן → אוזניים = ear → ears
- ברך → ברכיים = knee → knees
In modern Hebrew, forms like ברכיים usually behave grammatically like a plural noun.