מסוכן ללכת לבד ברחוב הזה בלילה.

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Breakdown of מסוכן ללכת לבד ברחוב הזה בלילה.

• ב: on
• רחוב: street
• ללכת: to walk

Questions & Answers about מסוכן ללכת לבד ברחוב הזה בלילה.

Why does the sentence start with מסוכן? Is Hebrew saying Dangerous to walk... instead of It is dangerous to walk...?

Yes. Hebrew often does not use a dummy subject like English it.

So:

• מסוכן = dangerous
• ללכת לבד ברחוב הזה בלילה = to walk alone on this street at night

Together, the sentence is literally something like:

• Dangerous to walk alone on this street at night

But in natural English, we translate it as:

• It is dangerous to walk alone on this street at night

That missing English it is very normal in Hebrew.

Why is it ללכת and not a present-tense verb like הולך?

Because after an adjective like מסוכן you usually use the infinitive to say to do something.

• ללכת = to walk / to go
• הולך = walking / goes or is going depending on context

So:

• מסוכן ללכת = it is dangerous to walk

If you used הולך, the structure would be different and would need a subject, for example:

• הוא הולך = he is walking / he walks

Here, the sentence is talking about the action in general, so the infinitive ללכת is the right form.