A common pronunciation is:
kedái she-netzé akhsháv, ki yesh pkák gadól bakvish
A few notes:
The stress usually falls like this:
כדאי means something like:
In this sentence, כדאי שנצא עכשיו means:
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:
So literally, it is something like:
This is very common in Hebrew:
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:
This is a very common Hebrew pattern. English often uses should, but Hebrew often uses:
Examples:
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.
In this sentence, leave is probably the best translation.
A few related forms:
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:
In this sentence, because of traffic, leave is the most natural English choice:
But in another sentence:
So the exact English translation depends on context.
כי means because.
So the sentence is made of two parts:
כי is a very common connector in Hebrew.
Example:
יש means there is or there are.
So:
This is one of the most useful words in Hebrew.
Examples:
In Hebrew, יש does not change for singular/plural the way English does:
It stays יש in both cases.
No. פקק literally has more than one meaning.
It can mean:
In this sentence, because of בכביש (on the road), it clearly means traffic jam:
This kind of multiple meaning is very common in Hebrew, just as in English.
In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.
So:
Also, the adjective has to match the noun in gender and number.
Here:
If the noun were feminine, the adjective would change:
So פקק גדול is the normal Hebrew word order.
בכביש is made of:
So בכביש means on the road or in the road, depending on what sounds natural in English.
In this sentence, English normally says:
Hebrew often uses ב where English might use in or on.
Also note:
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:
That is why:
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:
You could sometimes move things around for emphasis, but the original sentence is the most straightforward and natural.
For example:
This is possible, but the original version sounds more neutral and conversational.
Yes, but the original placement is very natural.
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.