Word
כשהילדים באו, אנחנו כבר היינו יושבים ליד המדורה ושותים תה.
Meaning
When the children came, we were already sitting by the campfire and drinking tea.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of כשהילדים באו, אנחנו כבר היינו יושבים ליד המדורה ושותים תה.
ו
and
לשתות
to drink
לבוא
to come
אנחנו
we
Questions & Answers about כשהילדים באו, אנחנו כבר היינו יושבים ליד המדורה ושותים תה.
What does כשהילדים mean, and how is it built?
It is כש־ + הילדים.
- כש־ means when.
- הילדים means the children.
So כשהילדים literally means when the children...
This כש־ is a very common prefix in Hebrew. You will also see:
- כשבאתי = when I came
- כשאנחנו אוכלים = when we eat / when we are eating
It is basically a shortened form of כאשר, which also means when, but כש־ is much more common in everyday Hebrew.
Why is it הילדים and not just ילדים?
Because הילדים means the children, while ילדים means just children.
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.
- ילדים = children
- הילדים = the children
In this sentence, we are talking about specific children already known in the context, so הילדים is natural.
Why is the verb באו used here?