כשהגענו למסוע, ראינו שכל הכבודה שלנו כבר שם, וביציאה מהטרמינל חיכתה לנו חברה טובה.

כשהגענו is made of two parts:

• כש־ = when
• הגענו = we arrived

So together, כשהגענו means when we arrived.

The verb הגענו comes from להגיע (to arrive / to reach), and the ending ־נו marks we.

The prefix ל־ means to.

With a definite noun, Hebrew often combines ל־ with ה־ (the), so:

• ל + המסוע → למסוע

In unpointed Hebrew, למסוע can look the same as to a conveyor belt, but in context here it clearly means to the baggage belt / carousel.

At the airport, מסוע is the conveyor belt where luggage arrives.

ראינו means we saw.

It comes from the verb לראות (to see), and the ending ־נו again marks we in the past tense.

So:

• ראיתי = I saw
• ראינו = we saw
• ראיתם = you (plural / masc.) saw

Here, שכל is really:

• ש־ = that
• כל = all

So ראינו שכל הכבודה שלנו כבר שם means we saw that all our luggage was already there.

A learner may notice that שכל can also look like another Hebrew word in other contexts, but here it is simply ש־ + כל.

כבודה means baggage / luggage.

In Hebrew, it is often treated as a collective noun—like talking about luggage as one whole mass rather than as separate suitcases. That is why it is grammatically singular, even though in English the idea may involve many bags.

So:

• הכבודה = the luggage / the baggage
• כל הכבודה שלנו = all our luggage

This word is especially common in travel and airport contexts.

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

So Hebrew says, literally:

• כל הכבודה שלנו כבר שם = all our luggage already there

In English, we naturally say all our luggage was already there because the whole scene is in the past. Hebrew can leave the verb out here, and the time is understood from the surrounding sentence.

Hebrew usually expresses possession by putting the possessive word after the noun:

• הכבודה שלנו = our luggage
• literally: the luggage of-us

This is very normal Hebrew word order.

Compare:

• הבית שלי = my house
• החברים שלנו = our friends

כבר means already.

So:

• כבר שם = already there

It tells us that by the time they got to the carousel, the luggage had arrived before them or was waiting there already.

This phrase breaks down like this:

• ו־ = and
• ביציאה = at the exit / on the way out / when exiting
• מהטרמינל = from the terminal

So the whole phrase means something like:

• and at the exit from the terminal
• and as we were leaving the terminal

It sets the location or moment for the next event.

Because מהטרמינל means from the terminal, with a definite noun.

Hebrew combines:

• מ־ / מן = from
• הטרמינל = the terminal

So:

• מן הטרמינל → מהטרמינל

This is a very common contraction in Hebrew.

Because its subject is חברה טובה, which is feminine singular.

So:

• חיכתה = she waited
• חברה טובה = a good female friend

Hebrew verbs in the past tense agree with the subject in gender and number.

Also, Hebrew often puts the verb before the subject, so the structure is literally close to:

• waited for us a good friend

Even though that sounds odd in English, it is natural in Hebrew.

Because the verb לחכות (to wait for) takes the preposition ל־ in Hebrew.

So Hebrew says:

• לחכות למישהו = to wait for someone

That is why:

• חיכתה לנו = she waited for us

Using אותנו here would not be the normal standard pattern.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• חברה טובה = a good friend
• literally: friend good

The adjective must also agree with the noun in gender and number:

• חברה = feminine singular
• טובה = feminine singular

In this sentence, it means a good female friend.

The word חברה can mean different things depending on context:

• female friend
• girlfriend
• company / firm

Here, company does not fit the situation, and the most natural reading is a good female friend who was waiting for them at the terminal exit.

So the phrase is best understood as a good friend—specifically, a female friend.