חשוב להפריד בין נייר ובין פלסטיק.

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Breakdown of חשוב להפריד בין נייר ובין פלסטיק.

• חשוב: important
• בין: between
• פלסטיק: plastic

Questions & Answers about חשוב להפריד בין נייר ובין פלסטיק.

Why does the sentence begin with חשוב? Is an it missing?

No it is missing. In Hebrew, חשוב + infinitive is a very common impersonal pattern meaning it is important to...

So:

חשוב להפריד... = It is important to separate...

Literally, Hebrew is just saying important to separate..., but that is a normal complete sentence.

What form is להפריד?

להפריד is the infinitive, meaning to separate or sometimes to distinguish.

It comes from the root פ־ר־ד, which has to do with separation.

A few related forms:

• להפריד = to separate
• מפריד = separates / separating
• הפרדתי = I separated

So in this sentence, חשוב להפריד means it is important to separate.

Why does Hebrew use להפריד after חשוב?