בערב אנחנו נוסעים למערב העיר, כי שם יש אולם חדש ליד הים.

בערב is ב־ + ערב.

• ב־ = in / at
• ערב = evening

So בערב literally means in the evening or at evening, depending on how you would say it naturally in English.

Hebrew very often attaches short prepositions directly to the next word:

• בבית = in the house
• בלילה = at night / in the night
• בערב = in the evening

Yes, very often it can.

נוסעים already tells you the subject is we or they, depending on context, because it is plural. Hebrew often leaves subject pronouns out when the verb form makes the subject clear enough.

So both of these can work:

• אנחנו נוסעים למערב העיר
• נוסעים למערב העיר

Including אנחנו can make the sentence clearer, more explicit, or slightly more emphatic.

Because Hebrew verbs in the present tense agree with the subject in gender and number.

נוסעים is the masculine plural form. It is used:

• for a group of men
• for a mixed group
• for a group whose gender is unknown or unspecified

If the group were entirely female, you would say:

• אנחנו נוסעות

So the sentence uses the default plural form for we when it is not specifically all-female.

It can mean any of those, depending on context.

The verb לנסוע usually suggests traveling or going somewhere, often by vehicle. In many situations it can be understood as:

• go
• travel
• ride
• drive

So אנחנו נוסעים למערב העיר could be understood as:

• we’re going to the western part of the city
• we’re traveling to the west side of the city
• possibly we’re driving to the west side of the city

If you wanted the very general idea of go on foot / go without the travel-by-vehicle feel, Hebrew often uses הולכים instead.

Because Hebrew often prefers a construct chain instead of using של.

מערב העיר literally means the west of the city or the western part of the city.

This pattern is very common:

• מרכז העיר = the city center
• סוף היום = the end of the day
• דלת הבית = the door of the house

Using של is possible in some contexts, but here מערב העיר is the more natural and standard way to say it.

Because in a construct chain, the first noun usually does not take ה־.

So:

• מערב העיר = the west of the city
• מרכז העיר = the center of the city

The definiteness of the whole phrase comes from the second noun, here העיר. Since העיר is definite, the whole phrase is definite.

This is a very important Hebrew pattern.

The difference is direction vs. location.

• למערב העיר = to the west side of the city / toward the west of the city
• במערב העיר = in the west side of the city / in the western part of the city

In this sentence, ל־ shows movement toward a destination, so למערב העיר is the correct choice.

Here כי means because.

So the sentence structure is:

• בערב אנחנו נוסעים למערב העיר
• כי שם יש אולם חדש ליד הים

Unlike some languages, Hebrew does not usually force a special word order after כי. The clause after it stays pretty normal:

• כי שם יש אולם חדש ליד הים = because there is a new hall there near the sea

So כי is straightforward here.

Because יש is the normal Hebrew way to express existence: there is / there are.

So:

• יש אולם חדש = there is a new hall
• יש ספר על השולחן = there is a book on the table
• יש אנשים בחוץ = there are people outside

This is separate from the issue that Hebrew usually does not use a present-tense word for to be in simple descriptive sentences.

For example:

• האולם חדש = the hall is new
• but
• יש אולם חדש = there is a new hall

Those are different structures.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives normally come after the noun.

So:

• אולם חדש = a new hall
• בית גדול = a big house
• מכונית מהירה = a fast car

Also, the adjective must agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

Here:

• אולם is masculine singular
• חדש is masculine singular

So they match correctly.

אולם usually means hall, auditorium, or sometimes venue, depending on context.

It can refer to a large indoor space used for events, performances, gatherings, or ceremonies.

So in this sentence, אולם חדש probably means something like:

• a new hall
• a new event hall
• a new venue
• possibly a new auditorium

The exact English word depends on context.

Because Hebrew often uses the definite article when talking about a specific, understood place, especially something like the sea.

So:

• ליד הים = near the sea / by the sea

Without ה־, ליד ים would sound much less natural in ordinary speech here.

Also, the sea is often treated as a known location in context, just as English often says by the sea rather than by sea in this meaning.

Here שם means there.

Hebrew also has שם meaning name, but that is a different word in meaning and pronunciation:

• שָׁם = there = sham
• שֵׁם = name = shem

So in this sentence:

• כי שם יש אולם חדש = because there is a new hall there

It is natural and common, but punctuation in Hebrew can be a little flexible.

The comma helps separate:

• the main clause
• the reason clause introduced by כי

So this is very standard:

• בערב אנחנו נוסעים למערב העיר, כי שם יש אולם חדש ליד הים.

You may sometimes see slightly different punctuation choices in real Hebrew writing, but the comma here is perfectly normal.

Only the present-tense verb would need to change:

• בערב אנחנו נוסעות למערב העיר, כי שם יש אולם חדש ליד הים.

The difference is:

• נוסעים = masculine plural
• נוסעות = feminine plural

Everything else in the sentence can stay the same.