Questions & Answers about עדיף לכולנו לחכות עד מחר.
Why does the sentence start with עדיף? What exactly does עדיף mean here?
עדיף means better or preferable.
In this sentence, it works like an impersonal expression: it is better / it would be better.
So:
- עדיף לכולנו לחכות עד מחר = It’s better for all of us to wait until tomorrow
Hebrew often leaves out the equivalent of is in the present tense, so there is no separate word for is here. A very literal breakdown would be something like:
- better for-all-of-us to-wait until tomorrow
Why is there no word for it is in the sentence?
Because in present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not said.
So where English says:
- It is better...
Hebrew simply says:
- עדיף... = better...
This is very normal Hebrew grammar. The idea of is is understood automatically.
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