Breakdown of היא סיפרה לי עליהן, ואני שמעתי ממנה שהן רוצות להשתתף בקורס.
אני
I
לרצות
to want
היא
she
לי
to me
Questions & Answers about היא סיפרה לי עליהן, ואני שמעתי ממנה שהן רוצות להשתתף בקורס.
Why does the sentence use both היא and הן?
Because they refer to different people.
- היא = she (singular feminine)
- הן = they (plural feminine)
So in this sentence:
- היא סיפרה לי עליהן = She told me about them
- שהן רוצות... = that they want...
In other words, one woman is speaking, and the sentence is also talking about a group of females.
What does עליהן mean, and how is it built?
עליהן means about them or on them, depending on context. Here it means about them.
It is made from:
- על = about / on
- הן = them (feminine plural)
When Hebrew prepositions combine with pronouns, they often become one word. So על + הן becomes עליהן.
This is very common in Hebrew. For example:
- עליו = about him / on him
- עליה = about her / on her
- עליהם = about them (masculine or mixed)
- עליהן = about them (feminine)
Why is it סיפרה לי and not just סיפרה?