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הייתי מאוכזבת מהארוחה במסעדה, ולכן לא רציתי לחזור לשם.
Meaning
I was disappointed with the meal at the restaurant, so I did not want to go back there.
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Questions & Answers about הייתי מאוכזבת מהארוחה במסעדה, ולכן לא רציתי לחזור לשם.
Why does the sentence start with הייתי?
הייתי is the past-tense form of להיות (to be) for I.
So הייתי מאוכזבת means I was disappointed.
A useful point for English speakers: in Hebrew, the subject pronoun אני is often left out because the verb already shows the person. So:
- הייתי מאוכזבת = I was disappointed
- אני הייתי מאוכזבת = also possible, but more emphatic
Why is מאוכזבת feminine?
Because Hebrew adjectives agree with the gender of the person they describe.
Here, מאוכזבת is the feminine singular form of disappointed. That means the speaker is female.
- מאוכזבת = disappointed, feminine
- מאוכזב = disappointed, masculine
Notice that הייתי itself does not show gender in the I form. The gender is clear only because of מאוכזבת.
Why does Hebrew say הייתי מאוכזבת instead of using one verb for I was disappointed?