Questions & Answers about בלילה אני תמיד מחבקת את הבת שלי ומנשקת אותה.
Why does בלילה mean at night, and what does the prefix ב־ do?
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.
Why is אני included here? Could Hebrew leave it out?
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.
Why do מחבקת and מנשקת end in ־ת?