המורה ביקשה שאסרוק את המסמך ואצרף אותו לאימייל עוד היום.

Because the verb ביקשה is past tense, feminine singular.

• המורה can mean teacher for either a man or a woman.
• But ביקשה means she asked / she requested.
• If the teacher were male, it would be ביקש.

So the gender is shown by the verb, not by המורה itself.

ביקשה comes from the verb לבקש, which often means to ask for, to request, or sometimes to ask in the sense of making a request.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• she asked me to...
• she requested that I...

This is different from לשאול, which is more specifically to ask a question.

Here ש־ means that.

So:

• ביקשה שאסרוק... = she asked that I scan...

This ש־ is very common in Hebrew. It introduces a subordinate clause, especially after verbs like say, think, want, ask, and know.

Because the request happened in the past, but the actions of scanning and attaching are supposed to happen after that request.

Hebrew naturally uses the future here for the requested actions:

• ביקשה = she asked
• אסרוק / אצרף = that I will scan / will attach

English often says she asked me to scan..., using an infinitive. Hebrew often prefers ש + future verb in this type of sentence.

That is a very common learner question, because English uses the infinitive a lot here.

In Hebrew, המורה ביקשה שאסרוק... is very natural. It clearly shows that I am the one who will do the action.

You could also say:

• המורה ביקשה ממני לסרוק את המסמך ולצרף אותו לאימייל

That also means The teacher asked me to scan the document and attach it to the email.

But if you said only:

• המורה ביקשה לסרוק...

that would usually sound like the teacher wanted/asked to scan... herself.

So the version with שאסרוק makes the subject very clear.

It is built into the verbs אסרוק and אצרף.

In Hebrew, verbs often already show the subject, so a separate pronoun like אני is not necessary.

• אסרוק = I will scan
• אצרף = I will attach

That is why the sentence does not need אני.

Because א־ is the usual prefix for first person singular future in Hebrew.

So:

• אסרוק = I will scan
• אצרף = I will attach

Compare:

• תסרוק = you (f.s.) will scan
• יסרוק = he will scan
• נסרוק = we will scan

That initial א־ is one of the main clues that the speaker is saying I will...

את is the marker of a definite direct object.

It does not mean the or it. It usually is not translated into English at all.

Here:

• המסמך = the document
• because it is definite, Hebrew uses את before it:
• את המסמך

If it were indefinite, you would usually not use את:

• אסרוק מסמך = I will scan a document

Because אותו is already a direct-object pronoun.

So:

• ואצרף אותו = and I will attach it

You do not add another את before it in standard Hebrew.

A useful way to think about it is:

• את המסמך = direct-object marker + noun
• אותו = object pronoun by itself

אותו means him or it as a masculine singular direct object.

It refers back to המסמך:

• מסמך is masculine singular
• so the pronoun is אותו

If the noun were feminine, you would use אותה.

So here אותו means it, specifically the document.

Because the verb לצרף often takes ל־ for the thing something is attached to:

• לצרף משהו למשהו = to attach something to something

So:

• אצרף אותו לאימייל = I will attach it to the email

Also, לאימייל is basically ל + האימייל in writing without vowels.

עוד היום means something like:

• later today
• still today
• before today is over
• by the end of today

It often adds a sense of urgency.

So this is stronger than just היום. It suggests that the teacher wants it done today itself, not tomorrow or sometime later.

Yes. The teacher requested two things:

1. שאסרוק את המסמך = that I scan the document
2. ואצרף אותו לאימייל = and attach it to the email

The ו־ before אצרף means and, joining the two requested actions under the same verb ביקשה.

So the structure is:

• She asked [that I do X] and [that I do Y].

Only the first verb would change:

• המורה ביקש שאסרוק את המסמך ואצרף אותו לאימייל עוד היום.

That means:

• The teacher (male) asked that I scan the document and attach it to the email today.

The verbs אסרוק and אצרף stay the same, because they describe my actions, not the teacher’s.