בואי נשב ליד החלון; יש שם מקום פנוי.

there is

Breakdown of בואי נשב ליד החלון; יש שם מקום פנוי.

• שם: there
• חלון: window
• ליד: by

Questions & Answers about בואי נשב ליד החלון; יש שם מקום פנוי.

Why is the first word בואי and not בוא?

בואי is the imperative form of לבוא addressed to one female. So the speaker is talking to a woman or girl.

Compare:

• בוא נשב = said to one male
• בואי נשב = said to one female
• בואו נשב = said to more than one person

So this sentence is specifically directed at a female listener.

Why does the sentence use בואי plus נשב? That seems like singular plus plural.

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

בוא/בואי/בואו + first-person plural future

It means something like come on, let’s ...

So:

• בואי נשב literally looks like come (you, feminine singular), we will sit
• but idiomatically it means come on, let’s sit

The first word addresses the listener, and the second word includes both speaker and listener in the action.

Why is נשב a future form if the meaning is let’s sit?