הערב אנחנו צופים בקומדיה בבית, כי אנחנו עייפים מאוד.

Here it means this evening / tonight.

Although הערב literally looks like the evening, Hebrew often uses it as a time expression, just like English can say Tonight we’re staying home. Compare:

• הערב = tonight / this evening
• בערב = in the evening more generally

So in this sentence, הערב sets the time: tonight.

Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, and it is very common to put a time expression first.

Starting with הערב is like saying:

• Tonight, we’re watching a comedy at home...

It helps frame the whole sentence before giving the action. This is very natural in Hebrew.

In Modern Hebrew, the present tense is usually expressed with a participle-like form, and צופים is that form here.

So:

• אנחנו צופים can mean we watch
• אנחנו צופים can also mean we are watching

Context tells you which one is meant. With הערב, it sounds like a present/near-future plan: Tonight we’re watching...

Hebrew normally does not use a present-tense form of to be in sentences like this.

So:

• אנחנו עייפים מאוד literally = we very tired
• natural English = we are very tired

This is completely normal Hebrew. In the past or future, Hebrew does use forms of להיות (to be), but in the present it is usually left out.

A subject pronoun is often included in Hebrew for clarity, especially in the present tense.

For example, צופים only tells you masculine plural. It could match we or they, so אנחנו makes the subject clear.

The same idea applies after כי:

• כי אנחנו עייפים מאוד = because we are very tired

Repeating אנחנו is natural and clear, not awkward.

Because the verb לצפות (to watch) normally takes the preposition ב־ in Hebrew.

So Hebrew says:

• לצפות בקומדיה
• literally something like to watch in/at a comedy
• naturally translated as to watch a comedy

This is just how the verb works in Hebrew. Because the noun comes after a preposition, you do not use את here.

Hebrew has no separate word for a / an.

An indefinite noun is usually just the noun by itself, so קומדיה can mean a comedy.

One important detail: in normal unpointed Hebrew writing, forms with and without the can sometimes look the same once a preposition is attached. So בקומדיה may be understood from context. In this sentence, the intended meaning is a comedy.

Short prepositions in Hebrew are usually attached directly to the following word.

So בבית is the preposition ב־ plus בית.

In this sentence, the natural meaning is at home. Depending on context, Hebrew forms like this can also correspond to in the house, but here at home is the best reading.

Because adjectives must agree with the subject in gender and number.

Here the subject is אנחנו (we), and עייפים is masculine plural. Hebrew uses masculine plural for:

• a group of males
• a mixed group
• a group whose gender is unspecified

If the speakers were all female, it would be:

• אנחנו עייפות מאוד

That is the normal Hebrew pattern.

Hebrew usually puts מאוד after the adjective or adverb:

• עייפים מאוד = very tired
• יפה מאוד = very beautiful
• טוב מאוד = very good

So even though English says very tired, Hebrew normally says the equivalent of tired very.