Breakdown of אחרי שאני שוטפת את הידיים, אני שמה קרם ואז מסדרת את השיער.
Questions & Answers about אחרי שאני שוטפת את הידיים, אני שמה קרם ואז מסדרת את השיער.
Because אחרי is followed here by a whole clause: after I wash my hands.
In Hebrew, a very common pattern is:
אחרי ש... = after ...
So:
- אחרי שאני שוטפת... = after I wash / after I’m washing...
The ש here is a connector, roughly like that/when in English, though in this sentence it is best understood as part of the structure after I ....
You will also see shorter versions such as:
- אחרי ששטפתי את הידיים... = after I washed my hands...
That version sounds more like one completed event, while אחרי שאני שוטפת... works very naturally for a routine or repeated sequence.
Because the speaker is female.
In Hebrew present tense, verbs agree with gender and number. These forms are feminine singular:
- שוטפת = washing
- שמה = putting
- מסדרת = arranging/fixing
If the speaker were male, the sentence would be:
אחרי שאני שוטף את הידיים, אני שם קרם ואז מסדר את השיער.
So this sentence tells you something about the speaker: she is feminine singular.