יש הרבה אנשים בתחנה, אבל חלק מהם כבר הולכים הביתה.

יש is the standard Hebrew way to say there is / there are.

So:

• יש הרבה אנשים = There are many people

Hebrew does not use a separate dummy subject like English there. It simply uses יש plus the thing that exists.

In modern Hebrew, הרבה usually comes before the noun when it means many / a lot of:

• הרבה אנשים = many people
• הרבה זמן = a lot of time

This is the most natural everyday word order.

You may also see more formal/literary patterns such as אנשים רבים, which also means many people, but הרבה אנשים is much more common in speech.

Yes. אנשים is the irregular plural of איש (man / person, depending on context).

So:

• איש = man / person
• אנשים = people

In this sentence, אנשים clearly means people, not specifically men.

בתחנה is made of:

• ב־ = in / at
• התחנה = the station

When the preposition ב־ is attached to a noun with ה־ (the), they combine:

• ב + התחנה → בתחנה

So בתחנה means in the station or at the station, depending on context.

This kind of contraction is very common in Hebrew:

• בבית = in the house
• במשרד = in the office
• בשוק = in the market

Because the the is already built into בתחנה.

Hebrew often attaches short prepositions directly to the noun:

• ב־ = in / at
• ל־ = to / for
• כ־ = as / like

If the noun is definite, the article is absorbed into the form:

• ב + ה + תחנה → בתחנה

So the definiteness is still there; it is just not written as a separate word.

חלק מהם means some of them or more literally part of them.

Breakdown:

• חלק = part / portion / some
• מהם = of them / from them

Together:

• חלק מהם = some of them

This is a very common Hebrew structure:

• חלק מהאנשים = some of the people
• חלק מהילדים = some of the children

Yes, מ־ basically means from, but in Hebrew it also often works where English uses of, especially after words like part, some, one of, and so on.

So:

• מהם literally looks like from them
• but in context it is best understood as of them

Examples:

• אחד מהם = one of them
• חלק מהם = some of them
• רבים מהם = many of them

So this is a normal Hebrew pattern, even if the English translation uses of.

Because the subject is plural: חלק מהם = some of them.

Even though חלק by itself looks singular grammatically, in this meaning it refers to multiple people, so Hebrew commonly uses a plural verb:

• חלק מהם הולכים = some of them are going

The verb הולכים is masculine plural, which is the default plural form when referring to a mixed group or a group of unspecified gender.

הולכים is the masculine plural form of going / walking.

Hebrew uses masculine plural when:

• the group is all male, or
• the group is mixed, or
• the gender is not specified

Since אנשים here means people in general, הולכים is the normal choice.

If the sentence were specifically about a group of women, you would use הולכות.

It can literally mean walking, but very often in Hebrew ללכת is used the way English uses to go.

Here, because of הביתה (homeward / home), the natural meaning is:

• they are going home

So in this sentence, הולכים is best understood as going, not necessarily walking on foot.

In present-tense Hebrew, there is usually no separate word for am / is / are.

So Hebrew says:

• הם הולכים = they are going / they go

The present tense is expressed by the verb form itself, here הולכים.

This is very normal in Hebrew:

• אני עייף = I am tired
• היא בבית = she is at home
• הם עובדים = they are working / they work

Yes. Hebrew present tense often covers both:

• a general present: they go
• a current ongoing action: they are going

Context tells you which one is meant.

In this sentence, with כבר (already) and הביתה (home), the most natural interpretation is progressive:

• some of them are already going home

כבר means already.

So:

• כבר הולכים = are already going

Its placement before the verb is very natural in Hebrew. It modifies the action and shows that it has begun earlier than expected or earlier than some other point in time.

Examples:

• אני כבר יודע = I already know
• הם כבר אכלו = they already ate
• היא כבר הולכת = she is already going

הביתה is a very common Hebrew form meaning homeward / home.

It comes from בית (house/home) with a directional ending ־ה, which often gives a sense of movement toward a place.

So:

• הביתה = home / to home

This is an old but still very common form in modern Hebrew.

Compare:

• אני בבית = I am at home
• אני הולך הביתה = I am going home

You could say לבית... in other contexts, but הביתה is the normal idiomatic word for home when someone is going there.

Because הביתה already includes the idea of direction: toward home.

So Hebrew does not need ל־ here.

• הולכים הביתה = going home

This is similar to how English says go home, not usually go to home.

Hebrew word order is flexible, but this sentence follows a very natural Hebrew pattern:

• יש הרבה אנשים בתחנה
• אבל חלק מהם כבר הולכים הביתה

Literally, the second part is:

• but some of them already are-going home

Hebrew often places:

1. the connector (אבל),
2. the subject (חלק מהם),
3. time/aspect words like כבר,
4. then the verb (הולכים),
5. then destination/complements (הביתה).

So while it is not identical to English word order, it is completely normal Hebrew.

Yes, that would also be understandable, and Hebrew allows some flexibility with adverbs like כבר.

However, אבל חלק מהם כבר הולכים הביתה sounds very natural and slightly smoother in neutral speech.

Putting כבר before the verb is a common default position.

Yes. אבל is the standard everyday word for but.

Examples:

• אני רוצה לבוא, אבל אני עייף = I want to come, but I’m tired.
• יש זמן, אבל לא הרבה = There is time, but not much.

So in this sentence, אבל simply connects the two contrasting ideas: there are many people at the station, but some are already leaving for home.