Questions & Answers about כואבת לי הברך אחרי האימון.
Why is it כואבת and not כואב?
Because הברך (the knee) is a feminine singular noun, and the verb/adjective-like form כואב / כואבת agrees with it.
- כואב = masculine singular
- כואבת = feminine singular
So:
- כואב לי הראש = My head hurts / I have a headache
(הראש is masculine) - כואבת לי הברך = My knee hurts
(הברך is feminine)
What does לי mean here?
לי literally means to me.
In Hebrew, pain is often expressed with a structure that is closer to:
- The knee hurts to me
rather than the English structure:
- My knee hurts
So כואבת לי הברך is literally something like The knee hurts to me, but the natural English translation is My knee hurts.
This ל־ structure is very common with physical sensations:
- כואב לי הראש = My head hurts
- כואבת לי הבטן = My stomach hurts
- כואבות לי הרגליים = My legs hurt