Questions & Answers about לא משנה אם תשבי על הכיסא או על הדשא; העיקר שתנוחי.
Yes. Both verb forms are second-person singular feminine, so the speaker is addressing one female.
- תשבי = you will sit / you sit (to a woman)
- שתנוחי = that you rest / that you get some rest (to a woman)
If you were speaking to a man, you would say:
לא משנה אם תשב על הכיסא או על הדשא; העיקר שתנוח.
If you were speaking to more than one person:
לא משנה אם תשבו על הכיסא או על הדשא; העיקר שתנוחו.
In everyday Hebrew, לא משנה means it doesn’t matter or it makes no difference.
A more literal way to think about it is something like it doesn’t change anything or it doesn’t make a difference. It is a very common fixed expression in spoken Hebrew.
You may also hear:
- זה לא משנה = that doesn’t matter
- אין זה משנה = a more formal/literary it does not matter
So in this sentence, לא משנה אם... means it doesn’t matter whether...