בואו נקשיב למורה, כי היא מסבירה לאט וברור.

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Breakdown of בואו נקשיב למורה, כי היא מסבירה לאט וברור.

• ו: and
• ל: to
• כי: because

Questions & Answers about בואו נקשיב למורה, כי היא מסבירה לאט וברור.

Why does the sentence begin with בואו? Does it literally mean come?

Yes. בואו literally means come when speaking to more than one person. But in a sentence like בואו נקשיב, it functions more naturally as come on, let’s listen or simply let’s listen.

It is a very common Hebrew way to invite people to do something together.

• בוא נקשיב = said to one male
• בואי נקשיב = said to one female
• בואו נקשיב = said to a group

So here it is not really about physical movement; it is an invitation or suggestion.

Why is נקשיב a future-tense form if the meaning is let’s listen?

Hebrew often uses the first person plural future to express a suggestion or proposal, just like English let’s...

So נקשיב literally has a future form, but in context it means we will listen or, more naturally here, let’s listen.

This is a very normal pattern:

• נלך = we will go / let’s go
• נראה = we will see / let’s see
• נקשיב = we will listen / let’s listen

The surrounding context tells you which meaning is intended.

Why is it נקשיב למורה and not ?