אני רגילה לשתות תה חם בערב.

Because רגילה is the feminine singular form.

In Hebrew, adjectives and adjective-like words agree with the speaker’s gender and number. Since the sentence uses אני and the speaker is understood to be female, Hebrew uses:

• אני רגילה = I am used to / I usually am in the habit of

  If the speaker were male, it would be:

• אני רגיל לשתות תה חם בערב.

Other forms:

• את רגילה = you (feminine singular) are used to
• אתה רגיל = you (masculine singular) are used to
• אנחנו רגילים / רגילות = we are used to

Here רגילה means used to, accustomed to, or in the habit of.

So אני רגילה לשתות... is literally something like:

• I am accustomed to drinking...
• I’m used to drinking...

Depending on context, English may also translate it more naturally as:

• I usually drink hot tea in the evening.

But the Hebrew wording emphasizes habit or being used to something, not just a simple present fact.

Because לשתות is the infinitive form, meaning to drink.

The pattern here is:

• רגיל / רגילה + ל + infinitive

So:

• רגילה לשתות = used to drinking / used to drink

This is very common in Hebrew. More examples:

• אני רגילה לקום מוקדם. = I’m used to getting up early.
• הוא רגיל לעבוד בלילה. = He’s used to working at night.

So the ל is not a separate preposition you translate word-for-word here; it is part of the infinitive form.

לשתות is the infinitive of the verb לשתות = to drink.

Some related forms are:

• שותה = drinks / is drinking (masculine singular or feminine singular depending on context)
• שותים = drink / are drinking (masculine plural or mixed group)
• שותות = drink / are drinking (feminine plural)

In your sentence, the infinitive is used after רגילה:

• אני רגילה לשתות = I’m used to drinking

Because in the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for am / is / are.

So:

• אני רגילה literally looks like I used-to / accustomed
• but it means I am used to

This is normal in Hebrew:

• אני עייפה. = I am tired.
• הוא גבוה. = He is tall.
• אנחנו בבית. = We are at home.

In the present tense, Hebrew simply leaves out the verb to be.

Not always exactly.

In English, used to drink often refers to a past habit:

• I used to drink tea = in the past, but maybe not now

But Hebrew רגילה לשתות usually means:

• am used to drinking
• am accustomed to drinking
• sometimes usually drink, depending on context

So this Hebrew sentence is generally present-time habit, not past-only habit.

If you wanted a clear past idea, Hebrew would usually use other wording, depending on the context.

Yes. In fact, I’m used to drinking hot tea in the evening is often the most literal translation.

The sentence can suggest:

• this is your habit
• this is normal for you
• you are accustomed to it

In some contexts, English speakers might simplify that to:

• I usually drink hot tea in the evening

But the Hebrew phrase רגילה ל... carries a stronger sense of habit or accustomed behavior than plain usually.

Yes, but it means something a little different.

• אני שותה תה חם בערב = I drink hot tea in the evening / I am drinking hot tea in the evening
• אני רגילה לשתות תה חם בערב = I’m used to drinking hot tea in the evening / I usually have the habit of drinking hot tea in the evening

So:

• שותה focuses more on the action itself
• רגילה לשתות focuses more on the fact that it is a habit or something normal for you

Both are natural, but they are not identical.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• תה חם = hot tea
• בית גדול = big house
• ילדה קטנה = small girl

This is the normal Hebrew word order:

• noun + adjective

So תה חם is exactly what you should expect.

Because תה is a masculine singular noun, so the adjective must agree with it.

• תה = tea, masculine singular
• therefore: חם = hot, masculine singular

If the noun were feminine singular, the adjective would usually be feminine too:

• מרק חם = hot soup (masculine)
• שתייה חמה = hot drink (feminine)

So in your sentence:

• תה חם is correct because תה is masculine

Because את is used before a definite direct object, and תה חם here is indefinite.

Compare:

• אני שותה תה חם. = I drink hot tea.
  No את, because it means hot tea in general.

• אני שותה את התה החם. = I drink the hot tea.
  Here את appears because the hot tea is definite.

So in your sentence, תה חם means hot tea generally, not a specific tea, so there is no את.

For תה חם, there is no the because the sentence is talking about tea in a general sense:

• תה חם = hot tea

If it were specific, you would say:

• התה החם = the hot tea

For בערב, the form literally contains ב + ה + ערב:

• ב = in
• ה = the
• ערב = evening

So בערב originally comes from בְּהָעֶרֶב, but Hebrew combines them into בערב.

That means בערב can often be understood as:

• in the evening
• in the evenings, depending on context

בערב means in the evening.

Because the whole sentence describes a habit, English might also translate it as:

• in the evening
• in the evenings

Both can work.

Compare:

• בבוקר = in the morning
• בצהריים = in the afternoon / at noon
• בערב = in the evening
• בלילה = at night

So בערב specifically refers to the evening, not nighttime in general.

In this sentence, it naturally sounds like a repeated habit, because of רגילה לשתות.

So the sentence is understood as something like:

• I’m used to drinking hot tea in the evening
• I usually drink hot tea in the evenings

If you wanted to talk about one specific evening, the sentence would usually need more context, such as:

• הערב = this evening / tonight
• בערב מסוים = on a certain evening

Without that, this sentence sounds habitual.

Yes, very common.

The structure:

• רגיל / רגילה ל + infinitive

is a standard way to say that someone is used to doing something.

Examples:

• אני רגילה לעבוד מהבית. = I’m used to working from home.
• הוא רגיל לאחר. = He’s used to being late.
• הם רגילים לאכול מוקדם. = They’re used to eating early.

So your sentence uses a very useful everyday pattern.

Yes.

It can mean:

1. used to / accustomed to

   • אני רגילה לקור. = I’m used to the cold.

2. habitually does something

   • אני רגילה לשתות תה בערב. = I’m used to / in the habit of drinking tea in the evening.

So the word can describe both:

• familiarity or comfort with something
• a usual repeated behavior

The exact nuance depends on context.

Because Hebrew can express habitual meaning in more than one way.

This sentence uses רגילה לשתות to show that drinking hot tea in the evening is a normal habit.

Another possible sentence would be:

• אני בדרך כלל שותה תה חם בערב.
  = I usually drink hot tea in the evening.

The difference is:

• בדרך כלל = usually / generally
• רגילה לשתות = used to / accustomed to / habitually do

So Hebrew does not need a separate word for usually if the habit is already clear from the structure.

The order is:

• אני = I
• רגילה = am used to
• לשתות = to drink
• תה חם = hot tea
• בערב = in the evening

So the pattern is roughly:

• subject + adjective/expression + infinitive + object + time phrase

This is a very natural Hebrew word order.

Yes, Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, though the original sentence is the most neutral.

For example, you could say:

• בערב אני רגילה לשתות תה חם.

This puts extra emphasis on in the evening.

But the standard, straightforward order is:

• אני רגילה לשתות תה חם בערב.

So learners should treat the original version as the default pattern.

Only the form of רגיל changes to agree with the subject.

• אני רגיל לשתות תה חם בערב. = I’m used to drinking hot tea in the evening.
  (male speaker)

• אנחנו רגילים לשתות תה חם בערב. = We are used to drinking hot tea in the evening.
  (masculine plural or mixed group)

• אנחנו רגילות לשתות תה חם בערב. = We are used to drinking hot tea in the evening.
  (all-female group)

The rest of the sentence can stay the same.

In standard Hebrew, תה is generally treated as masculine.

That is why you say:

• תה חם = hot tea

not:

• תה חמה

So for learners, it is best to remember תה as a masculine noun.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Ani regilá lishtót te kham ba-érev.

A few notes:

• רגילה has stress on the last syllable: regi-LA
• לשתות has stress on the last syllable: lish-TOT
• בערב has stress on the first syllable of ערב: ba-E-rev

A more natural rhythm would be:

• ani regilá lishtót te kham ba'érev

If you want to sound natural, try saying it in two chunks:

• אני רגילה לשתות / תה חם בערב

They refer to different times of day:

• בערב = in the evening
• בלילה = at night

So:

• אני רגילה לשתות תה חם בערב = I’m used to drinking hot tea in the evening
• אני רגילה לשתות תה חם בלילה = I’m used to drinking hot tea at night

English sometimes uses at night more broadly, but Hebrew makes a clear distinction.

You would make the object definite:

• אני רגילה לשתות את התה החם בערב.

Changes:

• add את before the direct object
• add ה to תה and חם
• תה חם becomes התה החם

So:

• תה חם = hot tea
• את התה החם = the hot tea

It is normal, natural, everyday Hebrew.

Nothing in it is unusually formal or literary. A native speaker would understand it immediately, and it sounds like a normal spoken sentence.

Depending on context, a speaker might also choose a more direct everyday version like:

• אני בדרך כלל שותה תה חם בערב.

But your sentence is completely natural and correct.