חלק מהחברים שלי חושבים שפשרה לא טובה, אבל אני לא מסכים איתם.

Literally, it breaks down like this:

• חלק = part / some
• מ־ = of / from
• החברים שלי = my friends

So חלק מהחברים שלי means some of my friends or more literally part of my friends.

Because the sentence is talking about some of a specific group: my friends.

In Hebrew, after words like חלק = some/part, it is very common to use מ־ plus a definite noun:

• חלק מהחברים שלי = some of my friends

Using מחברים שלי here would sound unnatural. The ה is part of making friends definite: the friends, and then שלי makes it my friends.

That is the normal Hebrew pattern for possession with של.

• החברים שלי = my friends
• literally: the friends of me

Unlike English, Hebrew usually puts this kind of possessive expression after the noun, not before it.

This is a very common question.

Even though חלק is grammatically singular, the phrase חלק מהחברים שלי refers to multiple friends, so Hebrew often uses a plural verb:

• חלק מהחברים שלי חושבים = some of my friends think

This is very natural Hebrew. In some formal situations, you may sometimes see singular agreement with words like חלק, רוב, and similar quantity words, but the plural is what learners will very often hear and use in everyday speech.

ש־ means that.

So:

• חושבים שפשרה לא טובה = think that compromise is not good

In Hebrew, this word is usually attached directly to the next word instead of standing alone.

It is usually pronounced she-.

Because in present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.

So:

• פשרה לא טובה
• literally: compromise not good
• natural English: compromise is not good

This is completely normal Hebrew grammar.

Because פשרה is a feminine singular noun, and adjectives in Hebrew usually agree with the noun they describe.

• פשרה = feminine singular
• טובה = feminine singular form of good

If the noun were masculine singular, you would use טוב.

Here it most naturally means compromise in general as an idea.

Because there is no ה־ on פשרה, it is not referring to one specific compromise. So English might translate it as:

• compromise is not good

Depending on style, someone could also translate it as a compromise is not good, but the Hebrew is speaking more generally.

לא is the standard Hebrew word for not.

In this sentence, it negates the description טובה:

• לא טובה = not good

Since there is no present-tense is, לא goes directly before the adjective or predicate.

The same thing happens later:

• אני לא מסכים = I do not agree

Because in the present tense, forms like מסכים do not show person clearly.

מסכים can mean, depending on context:

• I agree
• you agree
• he agrees

So Hebrew often includes the pronoun when needed:

• אני לא מסכים = I do not agree

That makes the subject clear.

It is the present-tense form of the verb להסכים = to agree.

In Hebrew, present-tense verb forms often look like adjectives or participles. So:

• מסכים = agreeing / agree
• אני לא מסכים = I do not agree

If the speaker is female, it changes to:

• אני לא מסכימה

Because להסכים uses the preposition עם = with.

So:

• מסכים איתם = agree with them

Compare:

• אותם = them as a direct object, as in I saw them
• להם = to them
• איתם = with them

Since the English idea is agree with them, איתם is the correct form.

Only the form of agree would change:

• male speaker: אני לא מסכים איתם
• female speaker: אני לא מסכימה איתם

That is because the present tense in Hebrew agrees with the speaker’s gender.

Then many speakers would use the feminine plural pronoun after עם:

• איתן = with them, all-female group

So you could say:

• אבל אני לא מסכים איתן if the speaker is male
• אבל אני לא מסכימה איתן if the speaker is female

If the group is mixed or masculine, use איתם.

A simple transliteration is:

Khelek mehakhaverim sheli khoshvim she-peshara lo tova, aval ani lo maskim itam.

A few helpful pronunciation notes:

• ח is a throaty sound, not a normal English h
• שפשרה is pronounced she-peshara
• מסכים is maskim
• איתם is itam