אני שמחה שלא שכחתי את החומוס ואת הטחינה במקרר.

Because שמחה is the feminine singular form of glad / happy. Hebrew adjectives agree with the person they describe.

• A female speaker says אני שמחה
• A male speaker says אני שמח

So this sentence tells you the speaker is female.

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.

So:

• אני שמחה = I am glad
• literally, it is more like I glad

This is completely normal in Hebrew. You only use forms of להיות (to be) in past, future, infinitive, and some other structures.

שלא is made from:

• ש־ = that
• לא = not

So שלא שכחתי means that I did not forget.

After words like שמח/שמחה (glad, happy), Hebrew often introduces the next clause with ש־. English sometimes does the same with that, though English often leaves it out:

• I’m glad that I didn’t forget...
• I’m glad I didn’t forget...

Hebrew keeps that connector here: שלא.

שכחתי is the past tense, first person singular form of the verb לשכוח (to forget).

The ending ־תי often marks I in the past tense:

• שכחתי = I forgot
• כתבתי = I wrote
• אכלתי = I ate

So in this sentence, שלא שכחתי means that I didn’t forget.

No. In the first person singular past tense, Hebrew usually does not distinguish between masculine and feminine.

So both a man and a woman say:

• שכחתי = I forgot

That is why שמחה is important here: it is the word that shows the speaker is female.

את marks a definite direct object. It usually appears before a noun that is receiving the action and is specific / definite.

Here, the things not forgotten are:

• את החומוס
• ואת הטחינה

So את does not mean a separate English word; it is a grammar marker.

A very common rule is:

• use את before definite direct objects
• do not use it before indefinite ones

For example:

• שכחתי חומוס = I forgot hummus / some hummus
• שכחתי את החומוס = I forgot the hummus / the specific hummus

Because both החומוס and הטחינה are separate definite direct objects, and Hebrew very often repeats את before each one:

• את החומוס ואת הטחינה

This is very natural and clear. In some contexts, Hebrew may omit the second את, but repeating it is standard and common, especially for learners to follow the structure more easily.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• חומוס = hummus
• החומוס = the hummus
• טחינה = tahini
• הטחינה = the tahini

In English, we often leave out the with food words more easily, but Hebrew often uses the definite article when talking about specific items that both speaker and listener can identify.

במקרר means in the refrigerator / in the fridge.

It is made of:

• ב־ = in
• מקרר = refrigerator

In this sentence, the most natural reading is that the hummus and the tahini are in the fridge. So the speaker is glad she did not forget those items that were in the refrigerator.

The sentence uses a very normal Hebrew word order:

• אני שמחה — main statement
• שלא שכחתי — subordinate clause
• את החומוס ואת הטחינה — the objects
• במקרר — location

Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but this version sounds natural and straightforward. A different order is sometimes possible for emphasis, but this is the kind of order learners should feel comfortable using first.

Yes. שמח / שמחה can mean both happy and glad, depending on context.

In this sentence, English usually prefers glad because the speaker is reacting to a specific fact:

• I’m glad that I didn’t forget...

So the Hebrew word is broad, and the exact English translation depends on the situation.