השותף לדירה שלי עוד לא חזר הביתה.

Literally, it means the partner for an apartment or the apartment-sharing partner.

In natural English, that is usually roommate or flatmate.

Breakdown:

• השותף = the partner / the sharer
• לדירה = for an apartment / of an apartment

So השותף לדירה שלי is the standard Hebrew way to say my roommate.

The prefix ל־ usually means to or for.

Here, in שותף לדירה, it helps create the idea of someone who shares an apartment with you. So it is not really to the apartment in the literal movement sense. It is part of the expression.

Also, לדירה is made from:

• ל־ = to/for
• דירה = apartment

Because דירה here is definite in meaning, the written form becomes לַדירה / לְדירה in practice spelled לדירה.

In Hebrew, possessive words like שלי (mine / my) normally come after the noun.

So:

• הספר שלי = my book
• השותף לדירה שלי = my roommate

This is one of the most basic word-order differences from English.

Hebrew does not usually say the equivalent of my roommate with my before the noun in this structure. Instead, it says something more like the roommate of mine.

Because Hebrew often uses the definite article ה־ with a noun even when that noun is followed by שלי.

So:

• השותף שלי literally looks like the roommate of mine, but it simply means my roommate.

This is completely normal Hebrew.

You will see the same pattern a lot:

• הבית שלי = my house
• החבר שלי = my friend
• האוטו שלי = my car

עוד לא means not yet.

So:

• עוד = still / more / yet depending on context
• לא = not

Together, עוד לא is a very common way to say that something has not happened yet, but is expected to happen.

In this sentence:

• עוד לא חזר = hasn't come back yet

Both can mean not yet, and in many cases they are interchangeable.

For example:

• הוא עוד לא חזר הביתה
• הוא עדיין לא חזר הביתה

Both mean: He still hasn’t returned home / He hasn’t come home yet.

A rough feel:

• עוד לא is very common in everyday speech
• עדיין לא can sound a bit more neutral or slightly more formal in some contexts

For a learner, it is safe to understand both as common ways to say not yet.

חזר is the past tense, masculine singular form of the verb לחזור (to return / come back).

That matches השותף because שותף is masculine singular.

So:

• חזר = he returned / came back
• חזרה = she returned / came back
• חוזר = returns / is returning or can be used in present-tense contexts

In this sentence, Hebrew uses the past form with עוד לא to express something like English hasn’t come back yet.

If the roommate were female, you would say:

• השותפה לדירה שלי עוד לא חזרה הביתה.

This is very normal in Hebrew.

Hebrew often uses a past tense form to express what English would say with the present perfect.

So:

• עוד לא חזר literally looks like did not return yet
• but idiomatically it means hasn’t returned yet

This is a common translation difference between Hebrew and English. Hebrew does not use a separate form exactly like English has returned.

הביתה means homeward / home.

It comes from בית (house/home) with a special ending ־ה that can indicate direction toward a place.

So:

• הביתה = home / to the house
• לבית = to a house / to the house of... depending on context

In modern Hebrew, הביתה is the standard natural word for home in sentences of motion:

• אני הולך הביתה = I’m going home
• הוא חזר הביתה = He came back home

So חזר הביתה is the natural phrase for came back home.

Yes. It uses what learners often call the directional ה.

This ending can be added to some place words to mean toward that place.

Examples:

• הביתה = home
• העירה = to the city
• החוצה = outside

You do not need to produce this pattern everywhere right away, but it is very useful to recognize it.

The sentence is:

• השותף לדירה שלי = subject
• עוד לא = not yet
• חזר = verb
• הביתה = destination

So the overall order is:

Subject + not-yet expression + verb + destination

Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but this is a very natural, neutral way to say it.

Usually, השותף לדירה שלי is the more natural and standard wording for my roommate.

If you say השותף שלי לדירה, it may sound like:

• my partner for an apartment or
• a more awkward, less natural phrasing

So for everyday Hebrew, it is best to learn:

• שותף לדירה = roommate
• השותף לדירה שלי = my roommate

No. שלי is the same for everyone.

So both a male speaker and a female speaker can say:

• השותף לדירה שלי עוד לא חזר הביתה.

What changes is the noun or verb if the roommate is female:

• השותפה לדירה שלי עוד לא חזרה הביתה.

So:

• שלי does not change
• the noun and verb may change to match the person being talked about

You would say:

השותפה לדירה שלי עוד לא חזרה הביתה.

Changes:

• השותף → השותפה = the female roommate
• חזר → חזרה = feminine singular past

Everything else stays the same.

Both are good.

The verb לחזור can mean:

• to return
• to come back

In everyday English, come back often sounds more natural:

• My roommate hasn’t come back home yet

But return is also perfectly correct:

• My roommate hasn’t returned home yet

So when you see חזר, think of both meanings.