Questions & Answers about אני מתגעגעת לאחותי כשהיא לא בבית כמה ימים.
Why is it מתגעגעת and not מתגעגע?
Because the speaker is female. In the present tense, Hebrew verbs agree with gender and number.
- אני מתגעגעת = I miss / I am missing said by a woman
- אני מתגעגע = the same thing said by a man
So this sentence tells you that the speaker is feminine.
Why is אני included? Can Hebrew leave it out?
In this sentence, אני is helpful and usually expected.
Unlike past and future tense, Hebrew present-tense verb forms do not clearly show person. מתגעגעת could mean:
- I miss
- you miss (feminine singular)
- she misses
So אני makes it clear that the meaning is I miss. Without it, the sentence would sound incomplete or ambiguous unless the context already made the subject obvious.
Why is there a ל in לאחותי? Why not את אחותי?