המלצר הביא לנו את החשבון אחרי הארוחה.

Because the prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the.

• מלצר = waiter
• המלצר = the waiter

So המלצר is literally the waiter.

הביא is the past tense, masculine singular form of the verb להביא, meaning to bring.

So:

• להביא = to bring
• הביא = he brought

In this sentence, the subject is המלצר = the waiter, which is masculine singular, so הביא matches it.

No. They just happen to look the same.

• In המלצר, the ה־ is the definite article, meaning the
• In הביא, the ה is part of the verb form itself

So:

• המלצר = the waiter
• הביא = brought

This is a very common thing for learners to notice.

Because Hebrew often attaches pronouns to prepositions.

Here:

• ל־ = to
• נו = us

Together:

• לנו = to us

So הביא לנו literally means brought to us.

Here, את is the direct object marker. It comes before a definite direct object.

In this sentence:

• החשבון = the bill
• Because it is definite, Hebrew puts את before it:
  • את החשבון

So:

• המלצר הביא לנו את החשבון
• literally: The waiter brought to us the bill

English does not have a word like this, so it often feels strange at first.

It is spelled the same, but here it is a different word.

Hebrew את can be:

1. the direct object marker
2. you for one female

In this sentence, it is clearly the direct object marker, because it comes before החשבון.

So here את החשבון means the bill as the direct object, not you.

Because the sentence is talking about a specific bill, namely the one from the restaurant meal.

• חשבון = bill / account / calculation
• החשבון = the bill

In restaurant Hebrew, חשבון often means the bill or the check.

So את החשבון means the bill / the check.

No. חשבון has a broader meaning.

It can mean things like:

• account
• bill
• calculation
• arithmetic, in some contexts

But in a restaurant sentence like this one, החשבון naturally means the bill or the check.

It means after the meal.

• אחרי = after
• הארוחה = the meal

So:

• אחרי הארוחה = after the meal

The noun ארוחה means meal, and with ה־ it becomes the meal.

Hebrew often uses the definite form when referring to a specific, understood thing.

Here, it means the specific meal they just had.

So אחרי הארוחה is naturally after the meal.

In English, we might also say after the meal, so this matches fairly well.

The sentence is:

• המלצר = the waiter
• הביא = brought
• לנו = to us
• את החשבון = the bill
• אחרי הארוחה = after the meal

So the order is:

subject + verb + indirect object + direct object + time phrase

This is a very natural Hebrew word order, though Hebrew can be flexible depending on emphasis.

Yes, if the subject is already clear from context.

For example:

• הביא לנו את החשבון אחרי הארוחה

This can mean He brought us the bill after the meal.

Hebrew often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the person or gender clear enough. But keeping המלצר makes the sentence more explicit.

You would change both the noun and the verb to feminine singular:

• המלצרית הביאה לנו את החשבון אחרי הארוחה

Breakdown:

• המלצרית = the waitress
• הביאה = she brought

This shows the normal gender agreement in Hebrew past tense.

A common transliteration is:

ha-meltsar hevi lanu et ha-cheshbon acharei ha-arucha

A few helpful notes:

• המלצר = ha-meltsar
• הביא = hevi
• לנו = lanu
• החשבון = ha-cheshbon
• אחרי = acharei
• הארוחה = ha-arucha

Depending on accent and transliteration style, you may see small spelling differences in English letters.