Questions & Answers about אני גאה בך, כי את מדברת עברית טוב מאוד.
Here את means you, specifically you addressed to one female person.
Hebrew has two different words that are both written את in ordinary spelling:
- את = you feminine singular
- את = the direct object marker used before definite direct objects
In this sentence, it is clearly the pronoun you, because it comes before מדברת and acts as the subject:
- את מדברת = you speak to one woman or girl
If it were the object marker, it would come before a definite noun, not before a verb.
Because Hebrew present-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.
Since the subject is את, which is feminine singular, the verb must also be feminine singular:
- את מדברת = you speak, feminine
- אתה מדבר = you speak, masculine
So מדברת matches את.