תשמרי בשבילי מקום ליד החלון.

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Breakdown of תשמרי בשבילי מקום ליד החלון.

• ליד: by
• מקום: place
• לשמור: to save

Questions & Answers about תשמרי בשבילי מקום ליד החלון.

Why is the verb תשמרי talking to a woman?

Because תשמרי is the 2nd person feminine singular form.

So this sentence is addressed to one female.

Related forms:

• to one male: תשמור בשבילי מקום ליד החלון
• to more than one person: תשמרו בשבילי מקום ליד החלון

In very traditional grammar, the imperative forms would be:

• feminine singular: שמרי
• masculine singular: שמור
• plural: שמרו

But in everyday Modern Hebrew, speakers often use the future form like תשמרי when giving a request or command.

Is תשמרי future tense or a command?

Formally, תשמרי is a future-tense form: you will keep / you will save addressed to a woman.

But in spoken Modern Hebrew, future forms are very often used as commands or requests. So here it means something like keep / save / reserve.

That means:

• תשמרי can mean you will keep in one context
• and keep! or please keep! in another context

The sentence context makes it clear that this is a request.

What is the root of תשמרי?