היא אמרה את האמת מיד, כי היא ידעה שלא טוב לשקר לחברים.

Because the subject is היא = she.

In the past tense, Hebrew verbs change for gender and number:

• הוא אמר = he said
• היא אמרה = she said

So אמרה is the correct feminine singular past form.

את is the Hebrew marker for a definite direct object. It usually does not get translated into English.

Here, the direct object is האמת = the truth, which is definite because it has ה־.

So:

• אמרה את האמת = said the truth / told the truth

You use את because the object is specific and definite.

Compare:

• היא אמרה אמת = she told truth / spoke truthfully, less standard in this exact sense
• היא אמרה את האמת = she told the truth

האמת means the truth, while אמת means truth in a more general sense.

In this sentence, Hebrew uses the definite form:

• אמת = truth
• האמת = the truth

Since English often says the truth in this kind of sentence, Hebrew does too: היא אמרה את האמת.

מיד means immediately or right away.

So:

• היא אמרה את האמת מיד = she told the truth immediately

Its placement after האמת is natural Hebrew word order. Hebrew adverbs like מיד are fairly flexible, but this position sounds very normal.

You could also hear slightly different placements in other contexts, but this one is straightforward and idiomatic.

In many contexts, כי can mean either because or that, depending on the sentence.

In this sentence, it clearly means because:

• כי היא ידעה... = because she knew...

So the sentence structure is:

• main clause: היא אמרה את האמת מיד
• reason clause: כי היא ידעה שלא טוב לשקר לחברים

Hebrew normally states the subject explicitly in each clause when needed.

So:

• היא אמרה... כי היא ידעה...
• She said... because she knew...

Even though it is the same person, Hebrew still naturally repeats היא in the second clause. Leaving it out here would sound incomplete.

ידעה is the feminine singular past form of ידע = to know.

So:

• הוא ידע = he knew
• היא ידעה = she knew

In the sentence:

• כי היא ידעה... = because she knew...

Notice that the final ה is part of the feminine past-tense ending in many verbs.

שלא is often understood as a combination of:

• ש־ = that
• לא = not

Together here, it means something like that ... not or that it is not.

So:

• היא ידעה שלא טוב... = she knew that it was not good...

This is a very common structure in Hebrew.

Because טוב here does not describe she. It is part of the impersonal expression:

• טוב ל... = it is good to...
• לא טוב ל... = it is not good to...

In this sentence:

• לא טוב לשקר לחברים = it is not good to lie to friends

So טוב is not agreeing with היא. It is being used in a general, impersonal way, similar to English it is good or it is not good.

לשקר is the infinitive form of the verb לשקר = to lie.

The prefix ל־ often marks the infinitive in Hebrew, similar to English to:

• לכתוב = to write
• ללמוד = to study
• לשקר = to lie

So:

• לא טוב לשקר = it is not good to lie

לחברים is made of:

• ל־ = to
• חברים = friends

So it means to friends.

Because there is no ה־, it is indefinite:

• לחברים = to friends
• לחברים האלה = to these friends
• לחברים is not to the friends unless the context strongly implies specific friends

In this sentence, לשקר לחברים means to lie to friends in a general sense.

Yes, with לשקר, Hebrew commonly uses ל־ for the person being lied to:

• לשקר למורה = to lie to the teacher
• לשקר להורים = to lie to the parents
• לשקר לחברים = to lie to friends

So this matches the English pattern quite nicely in this case.

Yes, the word order is natural and standard.

The sentence is:

• היא אמרה את האמת מיד, כי היא ידעה שלא טוב לשקר לחברים.

A rough structure is:

1. subject + verb + object + adverb
2. כי
   • subject + verb + subordinate clause

Hebrew does allow some flexibility, but this version sounds very normal and clear.

For example, moving מיד earlier is possible in some contexts, but the original sentence is the most neutral and natural choice for many learners.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

Hi amra et ha-emet miyad, ki hi yad'a she-lo tov leshaker la-chaverim.

A few notes:

• היא sounds like hi
• אמרה is amra
• האמת is roughly ha-emet
• מיד is miyad
• ידעה is roughly yad'a
• שלא is she-lo
• לשקר is leshaker
• לחברים is la-chaverim

Pronunciation can vary a little by speaker and accent, but this will get you very close.

Yes. אמת = truth comes from the root א־מ־ת.

Knowing roots is very helpful in Hebrew because many related words come from the same three-letter base. Even if a beginner does not need to memorize every root immediately, noticing them helps vocabulary stick better.

Here, the important practical point is simply:

• אמת = truth
• האמת = the truth

Yes. Hebrew has several ways to say because.

For example:

• כי = because
• מפני ש־ = because
• בגלל ש־ = because

So a similar sentence could be:

• היא אמרה את האמת מיד, מפני שהיא ידעה שלא טוב לשקר לחברים.

That said, כי is very common, simple, and perfectly natural here.