Questions & Answers about חשוב לי לדבר בכבוד גם כשאני לא מסכימה עם הדעה שלהם.
What does חשוב לי mean literally?
Literally, חשוב לי means important to me.
- חשוב = important
- לי = to me
So the sentence starts with the idea It is important to me... or more naturally It’s important to me...
This is a very common Hebrew pattern:
- חשוב לי ללמוד = It’s important to me to study
- חשוב לי להבין = It’s important to me to understand
Why is לדבר used here?
לדבר is the infinitive, meaning to speak.
After expressions like חשוב לי (it’s important to me), Hebrew often uses an infinitive to say what action is important:
- חשוב לי לדבר = It’s important to me to speak
- קשה לי להבין = It’s hard for me to understand
- נעים לי להכיר = It’s nice to meet
So לדבר works just like English to speak here.
What does בכבוד mean in this sentence?