כדאי שנצא עכשיו, כי יש פקק גדול בכביש.

A common pronunciation is:

kedái she-netzé akhsháv, ki yesh pkák gadól bakvish

A few notes:

• כדאי = kedái
• שנצא = she-netzé
• עכשיו = akhsháv
• פקק = pkák
  (the p and k are close together, so it can feel a little tricky)
• בכביש = bakvish

The stress usually falls like this:

• keDÁI
• she-neTZÉ
• akhSHÁV
• pKÁK
• gaDÓL
• bakVÍSH

כדאי means something like:

• it’s כדאי to...
• it’s advisable to...
• it’s worth...
• it would be a good idea to...

In this sentence, כדאי שנצא עכשיו means:

• We should leave now
• It would be a good idea for us to leave now
• We’d better leave now

So כדאי is not exactly a direct equivalent of English should, but in many contexts that is the most natural translation.

The ש is the Hebrew word that.

So structurally, the sentence is:

• כדאי = it is advisable / it is a good idea
• שנצא = that we go out / that we leave

So literally, it is something like:

• It is advisable that we leave now

This is very common in Hebrew:

• כדאי שנלך = It’s a good idea that we go / We should go
• חשוב שתבוא = It’s important that you come
• טוב שתדבר איתו = It’s good that you speak with him

So ש + verb is a very normal pattern after words like כדאי, חשוב, and טוב.

In Hebrew, the future form is often used after expressions like כדאי ש... to talk about a suggested or desired action.

So:

• נצא literally means we will go out / leave
• but in כדאי שנצא, it means we should leave or it would be good for us to leave

This is a very common Hebrew pattern. English often uses should, but Hebrew often uses:

• כדאי ש + future verb
• חשוב ש + future verb
• טוב ש + future verb

Examples:

• כדאי שתנוח = You should rest
• חשוב שנגיע בזמן = It’s important that we arrive on time

So the future form here does not necessarily mean simple future time. It often expresses a recommendation, suggestion, or desired action.

נצא is the 1st person plural future form of the verb לצאת.

• לצאת = to go out / to leave
• נצא = we will go out / we will leave

In this sentence, leave is probably the best translation.

A few related forms:

• אני אצא = I will leave
• אתה תצא = you will leave
• הוא יצא = he will leave
• אנחנו נצא = we will leave

Notice that Hebrew often drops the subject pronoun when the verb already shows who the subject is. So נצא already means we will leave, and אנחנו is not necessary.

Not always. לצאת basically means to go out, but in many contexts it naturally translates as to leave.

Possible meanings include:

• to go out
• to leave
• to go outside
• sometimes even to head out

In this sentence, because of traffic, leave is the most natural English choice:

• כדאי שנצא עכשיו = We should leave now

But in another sentence:

• אני יוצא מהבית = I’m leaving the house / I’m going out of the house

So the exact English translation depends on context.

כי means because.

So the sentence is made of two parts:

• כדאי שנצא עכשיו = We should leave now
• כי יש פקק גדול בכביש = because there is a big traffic jam on the road

כי is a very common connector in Hebrew.

Example:

• אני נשאר בבית כי אני עייף = I’m staying home because I’m tired

יש means there is or there are.

So:

• יש פקק = there is a traffic jam

This is one of the most useful words in Hebrew.

Examples:

• יש זמן = there is time
• יש בעיה = there is a problem
• יש מכוניות ברחוב = there are cars in the street

In Hebrew, יש does not change for singular/plural the way English does:

• יש ספר = there is a book
• יש ספרים = there are books

It stays יש in both cases.

No. פקק literally has more than one meaning.

It can mean:

• a cork / bottle stopper
• a traffic jam

In this sentence, because of בכביש (on the road), it clearly means traffic jam:

• יש פקק גדול בכביש = there is a big traffic jam on the road

This kind of multiple meaning is very common in Hebrew, just as in English.

In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• פקק גדול = a big traffic jam
• בית גדול = a big house
• ילד קטן = a small boy

Also, the adjective has to match the noun in gender and number.

Here:

• פקק is masculine singular
• so the adjective is גדול, also masculine singular

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would change:

• מכונית גדולה = a big car

So פקק גדול is the normal Hebrew word order.

בכביש is made of:

• ב = in / on
• כביש = road

So בכביש means on the road or in the road, depending on what sounds natural in English.

In this sentence, English normally says:

• on the road
• or more naturally, just there’s a big traffic jam on the road

Hebrew often uses ב where English might use in or on.

Also note:

• בכביש here does not have the in the sense of on a/the road being strongly marked in English
• in context, English often just uses the road

If Hebrew wanted to make the road more explicit, you might also see forms with the definite article in other contexts, but בכביש here is perfectly natural.

Hebrew often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

So:

• נצא already means we will leave
• therefore אנחנו is not necessary

That is why:

• כדאי שנצא עכשיו sounds natural

If you said כדאי שאנחנו נצא עכשיו, it would usually sound heavier or more emphatic, and often less natural in everyday speech.

In normal Hebrew, the shorter version is preferred.

Yes, כדאי שנצא עכשיו, כי יש פקק גדול בכביש is completely natural.

The basic order is:

1. recommendation: כדאי שנצא עכשיו
2. reason: כי יש פקק גדול בכביש

You could sometimes move things around for emphasis, but the original sentence is the most straightforward and natural.

For example:

• כי יש פקק גדול בכביש, כדאי שנצא עכשיו
  = Because there’s a big traffic jam on the road, we should leave now.

This is possible, but the original version sounds more neutral and conversational.

Yes, but the original placement is very natural.

• כדאי שנצא עכשיו = We should leave now

You may also hear slightly different word order in speech, depending on emphasis, but עכשיו after the verb is very normal.

If you stress now, you might place extra emphasis in speech rather than changing the sentence much.

So for learners, כדאי שנצא עכשיו is an excellent model to follow.