Questions & Answers about בעצם, גם אני מעדיפה לבוא לבד ולחזור מוקדם.
In this sentence, בעצם means something like actually, in fact, or when it comes down to it.
It often adds a small correction, clarification, or shift in tone. So the speaker may be saying something like:
- Actually, I also prefer...
- Come to think of it, I also prefer...
It is a very common conversational word in Hebrew.
מעדיפה is the feminine singular present-tense form of להעדיף (to prefer).
So this sentence is spoken by a female speaker:
- אני מעדיפה = I prefer (said by a woman)
If a man were speaking, it would be:
- אני מעדיף
Hebrew present-tense verbs usually agree with the subject in gender and number.