גם היא רוצה להשתתף, אבל היא מחכה שאחת החברות שלה תצביע קודם.

גם means also or too.

In גם היא רוצה להשתתף, it emphasizes she too / she also wants to participate.

Putting גם before היא highlights the subject:

• גם היא = she too
• היא גם רוצה להשתתף can also mean she also wants to participate, but the emphasis is a little different and often sounds less focused on she specifically.

So גם היא is a very natural way to say she too.

Hebrew often repeats the pronoun where English might leave it out.

So:

• גם היא רוצה להשתתף = She also wants to participate
• אבל היא מחכה... = but she is waiting...

In English, we might say:

• She also wants to participate, but is waiting...

But in Hebrew, repeating היא is completely normal and usually sounds clearer and more natural.

רוצה means wants, and להשתתף is the infinitive to participate.

So:

• רוצה להשתתף = wants to participate

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

• רוצה לאכול = wants to eat
• רוצה ללכת = wants to go
• רוצה להשתתף = wants to participate

The ל־ at the beginning of להשתתף is the normal marker for the infinitive, like English to.

להשתתף is the infinitive of the verb להשתתף = to participate.

It belongs to the התפעל verb pattern, which often has forms beginning with הת־ in the infinitive and past forms.

So:

• להשתתף = to participate
• היא משתתפת = she participates / is participating

You do not need to translate the pattern itself; just recognize להשתתף as the dictionary form to participate.

מחכה means waiting or is waiting.

So:

• היא מחכה = she is waiting

Hebrew present tense often covers both simple present and present progressive, depending on context:

• היא מחכה can mean she waits or she is waiting
• here, is waiting is the natural translation

Good question. Hebrew often uses לחכות ל־ when waiting for a person or thing:

• היא מחכה לחברה שלה = she is waiting for her friend

But when what follows is a whole clause, Hebrew very often uses ש־:

• היא מחכה שאחת החברות שלה תצביע = she is waiting for one of her friends to vote

So:

• לחכות ל־
  • noun
• לחכות ש־
  • clause

This is very common in everyday Hebrew.

שאחת is a combination of:

• ש־ = that
• אחת = one (feminine)

So:

• שאחת החברות שלה תצביע literally means that one of her friends will vote

Hebrew often attaches ש־ directly to the next word:

• ש + אחת = שאחת
• ש + היא = שהיא
• ש + אתה = שאתה

Because חברות is feminine.

Hebrew numbers agree in gender with the noun:

• אחד = one, masculine
• אחת = one, feminine

Since חברה = female friend is feminine, and חברות is its plural, you say:

• אחת החברות = one of the female friends

If the noun were masculine, you would use אחד:

• אחד החברים = one of the male friends / one of the friends (masculine form)

החברות שלה means her friends, specifically her female friends.

Breakdown:

• החברות = the female friends
• שלה = of hers / her

So literally it is:

• the friends of hers

In natural English, that becomes:

• her friends

Usually, yes, in this kind of sentence.

Singular:

• חבר = male friend
• חברה = female friend

Plural:

• חברים = male friends / mixed-gender friends
• חברות = female friends

So אחת החברות שלה clearly means one of her female friends.

Note: חברה can also mean company, and חברות can mean companies, but here the context clearly means friends.

Hebrew commonly uses noun + שלה/שלו/שלהם to show possession:

• החברות שלה = her friends
• הספר שלו = his book

There is also a more literary or formal attached form in some cases, but in everyday modern Hebrew, שלה is the normal, natural way to say her.

So החברות שלה is exactly what you would expect in spoken and standard written Hebrew.

Because after verbs like מחכה ש־ (waiting for that...), Hebrew often uses the future tense for the action that is expected to happen.

So:

• היא מחכה שאחת החברות שלה תצביע
  literally: she is waiting that one of her friends will vote

In natural English:

• she is waiting for one of her friends to vote

This future form does not necessarily mean distant future; it often just means the action has not happened yet.

תצביע matches the subject אחת החברות שלה.

The core subject is אחת = one (feminine singular), so the verb must also be:

• third person
• feminine
• singular
• future

That gives:

• תצביע = she will vote

Even though החברות is plural inside the phrase, the real grammatical subject is אחת = one.

The basic dictionary form is להצביע.

Depending on context, להצביע can mean:

• to vote
• to point

Here it clearly means to vote.

So:

• תצביע = she will vote
• להצביע = to vote

קודם here means first or before that.

So:

• תצביע קודם = vote first
• more naturally in the whole sentence: vote before she does

The idea is that she wants one of her friends to vote first, and only then will she participate.

That is a very natural position in Hebrew.

Hebrew often places words like קודם at the end:

• אני רוצה לאכול קודם = I want to eat first
• תדבר איתו קודם = talk to him first

So:

• תצביע קודם = vote first

It sounds completely normal and idiomatic.

Yes. The order is quite typical for a subordinate clause in Hebrew:

• ש־ introduces the clause
• then the subject: אחת החברות שלה
• then the verb: תצביע
• then קודם

So literally:

• that one of her friends will vote first

Hebrew often allows flexible word order, but this version is straightforward and natural.

Not very naturally.

A close literal version would be:

• Also she wants to participate, but she is waiting that one of her friends will vote first.

Natural English would be more like:

• She also wants to participate, but she’s waiting for one of her friends to vote first.

So the Hebrew structure is normal Hebrew, even if the most natural English translation uses different wording.

Here is the breakdown:

• גם = also / too
• היא = she
• רוצה = wants
• להשתתף = to participate
• אבל = but
• היא = she
• מחכה = is waiting
• ש־ = that
• אחת = one (feminine)
• החברות שלה = her friends / her female friends
• תצביע = will vote
• קודם = first

So the overall structure is:

She also wants to participate, but she is waiting for one of her friends to vote first.