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בבוקר אני מכינה חביתה, והוא מכין טוסט עם גבינה.
Meaning
In the morning I make an omelet, and he makes toast with cheese.
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Questions & Answers about בבוקר אני מכינה חביתה, והוא מכין טוסט עם גבינה.
Why are there two different verb forms here, מכינה and מכין?
Because in Hebrew present tense, the verb form agrees with the subject’s gender and number.
- אני מכינה = I prepare / I am making, said by a female speaker
- הוא מכין = he prepares / he is making
If the speaker were male, it would be אני מכין.
How can we tell that the speaker is female if אני just means I?
The pronoun אני itself does not show gender. The clue is the verb form that follows it.
Here, מכינה is the feminine singular present-tense form, so the speaker must be female. A male speaker would say אני מכין.
What is the basic dictionary form of מכין / מכינה?
The dictionary form is להכין, which means to prepare or to make.
In the present tense:
- מכין = masculine singular
- מכינה = feminine singular
- מכינים = masculine plural
- מכינות = feminine plural
So this sentence uses two present-tense forms of להכין.
Why is it בבוקר and not something like ב בוקר or בהבוקר?