מחר אני אלווה את החברה שלי לרופא בשביל שלא תלך לבד.

Tomorrow I will accompany my friend to the doctor so that she will not go alone.

Breakdown of מחר אני אלווה את החברה שלי לרופא בשביל שלא תלך לבד.

• אני: I
• חברה: female friend
• לא: not
• מחר: tomorrow

Questions & Answers about מחר אני אלווה את החברה שלי לרופא בשביל שלא תלך לבד.

What does אלווה mean here, and why does this spelling look familiar?

Here אלווה means I will accompany.

It comes from the verb ללוות = to accompany / escort. In the future tense, first person singular is אֲלַוֶּה, usually written without vowel marks as אלווה.

A useful warning: the same unpointed spelling אלווה can also represent I will lend from להלוות. In other words, Hebrew spelling without ניקוד can be ambiguous. In this sentence, the context makes it clear that it means accompany, because you accompany a person somewhere: את החברה שלי לרופא.

Why is אני included if אלווה already means I will accompany?

Because Hebrew often allows subject pronouns, even when the verb already shows the person.

אלווה by itself already tells you the subject is I. So אני is not strictly necessary. The sentence could also be:

מחר אלווה את החברה שלי לרופא...

Adding אני can make the sentence a little clearer, more natural in conversation, or slightly more emphatic. Hebrew often includes pronouns even when it does not have to.

Why is את used before החברה שלי?