גם אני רעדתי קצת לפני ההרצאה, אבל אחרי שתי דקות כבר דיברתי יותר בשקט.

Yes—גם אני means me too / I too / I also.

In Hebrew, גם usually comes right before the word it emphasizes. So:

• גם אני רעדתי = I too trembled
• אני גם רעדתי would sound more like I also trembled (possibly in addition to doing other things)

So גם אני specifically highlights I.

Because Hebrew verb endings already show the subject, אני is often optional.

• רעדתי = I trembled
• דיברתי = I spoke

Adding אני gives emphasis or contrast. In this sentence, גם אני sounds natural because the speaker is saying I too felt this way.

So the pronoun is not required for grammar, but it helps the tone.

Both are in the past tense, first person singular.

The ending ־תי means I in the past:

• רעדתי = I trembled
• דיברתי = I spoke

This is a very common past-tense pattern in Hebrew.

It can mean both, depending on context.

Hebrew past tense does not always separate:

• simple past: I trembled
• past progressive: I was trembling

So גם אני רעדתי קצת לפני ההרצאה could be understood as:

• I also trembled a little before the lecture or
• I was also trembling a little before the lecture

The surrounding context tells you which English version sounds best.

קצת means a little / a bit.

Here:

• רעדתי קצת = I trembled a little

It often comes after the verb, but Hebrew word order is fairly flexible. This placement is very natural.

Examples:

• אני עייף קצת = I’m a little tired
• חיכיתי קצת = I waited a little

Because these are two separate parts:

• לפני = before
• ההרצאה = the lecture

The second ה is the definite article the attached to הרצאה.

So:

• הרצאה = lecture
• ההרצאה = the lecture

There is nothing unusual grammatically—just one word ending and the next word beginning with ה.

Because דקה is a feminine noun, and the number two must match it.

So:

• שתי דקות = two minutes
  not
• שני דקות

This is part of Hebrew number gender agreement:

• שני = masculine form of two
• שתי = feminine form of two

Since דקות is the plural of דקה (a feminine noun), שתי is correct.

כבר usually means already.

In this sentence, it suggests that by that point—after two minutes—a change had already happened:

• אחרי שתי דקות כבר דיברתי יותר בשקט
• After two minutes, I was already speaking more quietly

It often gives a sense of:

• something happened sooner than expected
• the speaker had reached a new stage by then

So כבר is not just factual; it often adds a small nuance of progress or development.

Because Hebrew often expresses adverb-like meanings with phrases rather than a special -ly form like English.

Here:

• יותר = more
• בשקט = quietly / softly / calmly (literally something like in quiet)

So:

• יותר בשקט = more quietly / more softly

This is very natural Hebrew. English uses an adverb ending (quietly), but Hebrew often uses:

• יותר + adjective/adverbial phrase

Functionally, yes—but structurally, not exactly.

It is made from:

• ב־ = in
• שקט = quiet

So literally it looks like in quiet, but in real Hebrew it means:

• quietly
• softly
• sometimes calmly

Hebrew often uses this kind of prepositional phrase where English would use an adverb.

Because Hebrew usually does not build the past progressive the same way English does.

English:

• I was speaking

Hebrew often just uses the regular past form:

• דיברתי

Depending on context, דיברתי can mean:

• I spoke
• I was speaking

So Hebrew does not need a separate past form of to be here.

Yes, that would be a reasonable natural translation in context, even if it is not word-for-word.

Literally, the Hebrew says:

• but after two minutes I already spoke / was speaking more quietly

But the idea is probably that the speaker became less nervous and sounded calmer. So in smooth English, you might say:

• But after two minutes, I was already speaking more calmly
• But after two minutes, I had already settled down and was speaking more quietly

That is a good example of how natural translation may express the meaning rather than every individual word exactly.