כשהחדר חם מדי, אני יוצאת החוצה ושותה מים.

When the room is too hot, I go outside and drink water.

Breakdown of כשהחדר חם מדי, אני יוצאת החוצה ושותה מים.

• אני: I
• מים: water
• ו: and
• חדר: room

Questions & Answers about כשהחדר חם מדי, אני יוצאת החוצה ושותה מים.

Why is there no word for is in החדר חם מדי?

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.

So:

החדר חם מדי
literally looks like the room too hot,
but it means the room is too hot.

In the past or future, Hebrew normally uses forms of להיות:

• החדר היה חם מדי = The room was too hot
• החדר יהיה חם מדי = The room will be too hot

What does כשהחדר mean exactly?

כש means when. It often attaches directly to the next word.

So:

• כש + החדר → כשהחדר

This means when the room.

A more formal version would be כאשר החדר, but כש... is very common in everyday Hebrew.

Why do we need אני here?

In the Hebrew present tense, the verb usually shows gender and number, but not person clearly enough on its own.

For example, יוצאת can mean, depending on context:

• I go out
• you (singular feminine) go out
• she goes out

So אני is included to make it clear that the subject is I.

Why is it יוצאת and not יוצא?