Breakdown of במקרה הצלחתי למצוא חניה קרובה יותר מאשר בדרך כלל.
קרוב
close
יותר
more
למצוא
to find
בדרך כלל
usually
Questions & Answers about במקרה הצלחתי למצוא חניה קרובה יותר מאשר בדרך כלל.
What does במקרה mean here?
Here במקרה means by chance, accidentally, or as it happened.
So the idea is that finding the closer parking spot was not planned; it just happened luckily.
A useful warning for English speakers: במקרה does not mean in case in this sentence. Hebrew במקרה ש... can mean in case / if it happens that..., but standing alone at the start of this sentence, במקרה means by chance.
What form is הצלחתי?
הצלחתי is the past tense, first person singular form of להצליח.
So it means:
- I succeeded
- I managed
Breaking it down:
- הצליח = he succeeded
- הצלחתי = I succeeded / I managed
In this sentence, the speaker is talking about something that happened in the past: I managed to find...
Why is הצלחתי followed by למצוא?