הילדים רואים ציפור ליד הקן ושואלים אם הכנף שלה כואבת.

Yes. ילדים is the masculine plural form of ילד. In Hebrew, the masculine plural is also the default form for a mixed group of males and females.

• הילדים = the children / the boys / the kids depending on context
• If the group were all girls, you would normally say הילדות

The ה־ at the beginning means the.

Because the verb agrees with הילדים, which is masculine plural.

In the present tense, Hebrew verbs match the subject in gender and number:

• הילדים רואים = masculine plural
• הילדות רואות = feminine plural

So רואים is the correct form for הילדים.

Because את is used before a definite direct object, and ציפור here is indefinite.

• רואים ציפור = they see a bird
• רואים את הציפור = they see the bird

Since the sentence says ציפור and not הציפור, את is not used.

Hebrew marks definiteness on each noun separately.

Here:

• ציפור = a bird → indefinite
• הקן = the nest → definite

So the sentence is talking about an unspecified bird, but a specific nest. That is completely normal in Hebrew.

ליד means near, next to, or beside.

It is a preposition, so it comes before the noun:

• ליד הקן = near the nest
• ליד הבית = near the house

With pronouns, it can also appear in attached forms such as:

• לידו = near him/it
• לידה = near her/it

The ו־ is the conjunction and.

Hebrew often attaches short function words directly to the next word, so:

• שואלים = ask / are asking
• ושואלים = and ask / and are asking

This is very common in Hebrew.

Yes. Hebrew present tense often covers both the simple present and the present progressive.

So:

• רואים can mean see or are seeing
• שואלים can mean ask or are asking

The exact English translation depends on context. Hebrew does not usually make a separate grammatical distinction here the way English does.

Yes. אם can mean if, but after verbs like ask, know, wonder, or check, it often introduces an indirect yes/no question, which in English is usually if or whether.

So:

• שואלים אם... = they ask if... / they ask whether...

This is a very common use of אם.

Both can be connected to yes/no questions, but they are used differently.

• אם is very common in indirect questions:
  • הם שואלים אם הכנף כואבת
• האם is more typical in direct yes/no questions, often a bit more formal:
  • האם הכנף כואבת?

So in this sentence, after ושואלים, אם is the natural choice.

הכנף שלה literally means her wing or its wing.

This is a very common Modern Hebrew way to show possession:

• הספר שלו = his book
• היד שלה = her hand
• הכנף שלה = her/its wing

Hebrew also has older or more literary possessive suffixes, but in everyday Modern Hebrew, the noun + של־pronoun pattern is much more common.

The ה־ on הכנף is natural here because it refers to a specific wing.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Hebrew does not usually have a separate everyday possessive word just for its the way English does. Instead, Hebrew uses the regular gendered possessive forms:

• שלו = his / its
• שלה = her / its

Since ציפור is a feminine noun, שלה is used here. In English, you would often translate it as its.

Because it agrees with הכנף, and כנף is a feminine singular noun.

So:

• הכנף כואבת = the wing hurts
• הזנב כואב = the tail hurts
• הכנפיים כואבות = the wings hurt

This agreement is very important in Hebrew.

In practice, it behaves like a present-tense verb form meaning hurts or is painful.

The root is כ־א־ב, connected with pain. In sentences like this, Hebrew uses כואב / כואבת / כואבים / כואבות much like English uses hurt:

• הראש כואב = the head hurts
• היד כואבת = the hand hurts
• הכנף שלה כואבת = her/its wing hurts

So for a learner, it is easiest to treat כואבת here as the form that matches the subject and means hurts.