היא מתעקשת לבוא גם כשהיא עייפה, ואני לא מצליח לשכנע אותה לנוח בבית.

מתעקשת is the present tense, feminine singular form of להתעקש, meaning to insist.

So:

• dictionary form: להתעקש
• this sentence’s form: מתעקשת = she insists / is insisting

It agrees with היא, which is feminine singular.

In Hebrew, להתעקש is often followed by an infinitive to say what someone insists on doing.

So:

• מתעקשת לבוא = insists on coming

English often uses on + -ing here, but Hebrew usually uses verb + infinitive:

• הוא מתעקש ללכת = he insists on going
• היא מתעקשת לבוא = she insists on coming

Literally, גם often means also / too, but in this sentence it is best understood as even.

So:

• גם כשהיא עייפה = even when she is tired

That is a very natural use of גם before a time clause.

כשהיא is made of:

• כש = when
• היא = she

So כשהיא literally means when she.

You can think of כש as a short everyday form of כאשר.

Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for am / is / are in the present tense.

So:

• היא עייפה literally looks like she tired
• but it means she is tired

That is completely normal Hebrew.

Because כשהיא עייפה is a full clause meaning when she is tired.

Hebrew normally says:

• היא עייפה = she is tired

So after כש, you still keep the subject:

• כשהיא עייפה = when she is tired

Because adjectives in Hebrew agree with the noun or pronoun in gender and number.

Here the subject is היא = she, so the adjective must be feminine singular:

• עייפה = feminine singular
• עייף = masculine singular

Compare:

• היא עייפה = she is tired
• הוא עייף = he is tired

לא מצליח means I’m not succeeding / I can’t manage, while לא יכול means more simply I can’t.

So:

• אני לא מצליח לשכנע אותה = I can’t manage to persuade her / I’m not succeeding in persuading her
• אני לא יכול לשכנע אותה would sound more like I am unable to persuade her

In this sentence, לא מצליח suggests effort and unsuccessful attempts, which fits the meaning well.

לשכנע means to persuade or to convince.

It takes a direct object, so Hebrew says:

• לשכנע אותה = to persuade her

There is no extra preposition here. This is just like English:

• convince her not
• convince to her

אותה means her as a direct object.

So:

• אני משכנע אותה = I persuade her
• אני לא מצליח לשכנע אותה = I can’t persuade her

It refers back to היא earlier in the sentence.

Because these are infinitives.

In Hebrew, the infinitive usually begins with ל-, which often corresponds to English to:

• לבוא = to come
• לשכנע = to persuade
• לנוח = to rest

So Hebrew builds the idea of to + verb into one word.

Hebrew attaches short prepositions like ב (in / at) directly to the following word.

So:

• ב + בית → בבית

In this sentence, בבית means at home.

So:

• לנוח בבית = to rest at home

ו means and.

So:

• ואני = and I

The sentence has two main parts joined together:

• היא מתעקשת לבוא גם כשהיא עייפה
• ואני לא מצליח לשכנע אותה לנוח בבית

So the whole sentence is basically:

• She insists on coming even when she is tired, and I can’t persuade her to rest at home.

The sentence uses very normal Hebrew word order: subject + verb + rest of sentence.

First clause:

• היא = subject
• מתעקשת = verb
• לבוא = infinitive complement
• גם כשהיא עייפה = time clause

Second clause:

• ואני = subject
• לא מצליח = verb phrase
• לשכנע אותה = infinitive + object
• לנוח בבית = what she should do

So overall, the structure is quite straightforward and natural.