כנראה שהיא תבוא לבד, כי הילדים אצל סבתא.

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Breakdown of כנראה שהיא תבוא לבד, כי הילדים אצל סבתא.

• לבוא: to come
• כי: because
• לבד: alone

Questions & Answers about כנראה שהיא תבוא לבד, כי הילדים אצל סבתא.

What does כנראה mean here?

כנראה usually means apparently, it seems, or probably, depending on context.

In this sentence, it works a lot like probably:

• כנראה שהיא תבוא לבד = She’ll probably come alone

It comes from the root ראה (to see), so the literal idea is something like as it appears or as can be seen, but in everyday Hebrew it often just means probably / apparently.

A useful thing to know: Hebrew speakers also often say:

• כנראה שתבוא לבד

That means the same thing as כנראה שהיא תבוא לבד.

Why is there a ש in שהיא?

שהיא is made of:

• ש־ = that
• היא = she

So שהיא תבוא literally means that she will come.

After words like כנראה, Hebrew often uses ש־ to introduce the clause:

• כנראה שהיא תבוא לבד
• literally: Apparently / probably that she will come alone
• natural English: She’ll probably come alone

This is very common in Hebrew, even when English would not use that.