בלילה אני תמיד מחבקת את הבת שלי ומנשקת אותה.

The prefix ב־ usually means in or at. The noun לילה means night, so בלילה means at night or during the night.

In this expression, the form is historically ב + ה + לילה, so it is literally something like in the night, but in normal English translation it is usually just at night.

Yes, Hebrew can sometimes leave it out, but here אני helps make the subject clear.

That is because the present-tense form מחבקת does not show person. It can mean:

• I hug
• you hug (to one female)
• she hugs

So אני is useful because it clearly tells you the meaning is I.

The ־ת ending shows feminine singular in the present tense.

So:

• מחבקת = hugging, for a female subject
• מנשקת = kissing, for a female subject

This tells us the speaker is female. If the speaker were male, you would usually get:

• מחבק
• מנשק

Yes, its position is normal. תמיד means always, and Hebrew lets adverbs move around more freely than English sometimes does.

This sentence: בלילה אני תמיד מחבקת את הבת שלי ומנשקת אותה is perfectly natural.

You could also hear other word orders, such as:

• אני תמיד מחבקת את הבת שלי בלילה
• בלילה אני מחבקת תמיד את הבת שלי

But the original version sounds very natural and clear.

This את is the direct object marker. It does not get translated into English.

Hebrew uses את before a definite direct object. Here, הבת שלי means my daughter, which is definite/specific, so Hebrew puts את before it:

• מחבקת את הבת שלי = I hug my daughter

English does not have an equivalent word, so you just have to learn when Hebrew uses it.

It is spelled the same, but here it is not the pronoun you.

How do you know? Because it comes directly before a noun phrase: את הבת שלי. In that position, it is the direct object marker.

So in this sentence:

• את = object marker, not translated
• not you

הבת שלי is a very normal way to say my daughter.

The ה־ makes the noun definite, and possession with שלי is also naturally definite in meaning. In real Hebrew, both הבת שלי and בת שלי can occur, but הבת שלי sounds fully specific and straightforward here.

A useful learner rule is:

• הבת שלי = my daughter / the daughter of mine
• בת שלי can sometimes sound a bit looser, depending on context

אותה means her.

So:

• ומנשקת אותה = and kiss her

After mentioning הבת שלי, Hebrew uses אותה to refer back to her instead of repeating the full noun again.

You could also say:

• ומנשקת את הבת שלי

But אותה is more natural because it avoids repetition.

Because אותה is already a direct-object pronoun by itself.

With a full definite noun, Hebrew uses:

• את הבת שלי

But with an object pronoun, Hebrew uses the pronoun alone:

• אותה = her

So you do not say את אותה here.

Because Hebrew present tense is commonly used for:

• actions happening now
• general truths
• habits and routines

So אני תמיד מחבקת... ומנשקת... means a habitual action, just like English I always hug... and kiss...

In other words, this is the normal Hebrew way to express a regular routine.

It means and.

Hebrew often attaches ו־ directly to the next word, so:

• ומנשקת = and [I] kiss

In unpointed writing, you just see ו attached to the word. In pronunciation, many learners first say it like ve-, but depending on the form and style of pronunciation, it may sound more like u- before certain consonant patterns. The main thing to recognize is that it is simply the Hebrew word and attached to מנשקת.