גם את שמעת את הרעם הזה? אחרי הברק הילדים מיד התעוררו.

Here את is the subject pronoun meaning you (addressing one female).

So:

• גם = also / too
• את = you (feminine singular)
• שמעת = heard

Together, גם את שמעת? means something like Did you hear it too?

This is different from the other את in the sentence, which is the object marker before הרעם.

Hebrew has two very common words spelled את:

• אַתְ = you (feminine singular)
• אֶת = marker used before a definite direct object

In normal modern writing, they are spelled the same, so you tell them apart from context.

This את is the direct object marker. It appears before a definite direct object.

Here:

• שמעת = you heard
• את הרעם הזה = that thunder / this thunder

Because הרעם הזה is definite, Hebrew uses את before it.

A few examples:

• שמעתי רעש = I heard a noise
• שמעתי את הרעש = I heard the noise

So in your sentence:

• שמעת את הרעם הזה = you heard that thunder

The form שמעת comes from the verb לשמוע = to hear.

In the past tense, Hebrew verbs change according to person, number, and sometimes gender.
שמעת can mean:

• you heard (to one female)
• you heard (to one male) is actually written the same in unpointed Hebrew, but usually pronounced differently in careful speech
• sometimes context helps identify exactly who is meant

In this sentence, because the pronoun את appears before it, we know it means:

• את שמעת = you (feminine) heard

So the pronoun removes the ambiguity.

Because the speaker is talking to one female.

Hebrew distinguishes gender in the second person singular:

• אתה = you (masculine singular)
• את = you (feminine singular)

So:

• גם אתה שמעת? = Did you hear it too? (to a male)
• גם את שמעת? = Did you hear it too? (to a female)

גם means also or too.

In גם את שמעת..., it emphasizes you:

• גם את = you too

That suggests someone else heard it, and now the speaker is asking whether you also heard it.

Hebrew often places גם immediately before the word it emphasizes. So:

• גם את שמעת = you too heard
• if placed elsewhere, the emphasis can shift slightly

This is similar to English stress:

• You heard it too?
• Did you too hear it?

In Hebrew, demonstratives like הזה (this/that, masculine singular) usually come after the noun:

• הילד הזה = this boy
• הרעם הזה = this/that thunder

So the normal pattern is:

• noun + הזה / הזאת / האלה

Also, both the noun and the demonstrative are definite:

• הרעם הזה
• literally: the-thunder this

That is standard Hebrew structure.

Literally, הזה usually means this.

So הרעם הזה literally means this thunder.

However, in natural English, depending on context, it may be translated as:

• this thunder
• that thunder
• that thunderclap

If both speakers just heard a specific loud sound, English often prefers that thunder even though Hebrew uses הזה.

So grammatically it is this, but idiomatic translation can vary.

These are two different weather words:

• רעם = thunder
• ברק = lightning

So:

• שמעת את הרעם הזה? = Did you hear that thunder?
• אחרי הברק = after the lightning

This sentence describes the natural sequence:

1. lightning
2. then thunder / reaction to the storm

Yes, it is completely normal.

אחרי הברק means after the lightning. Hebrew often places a time expression at the beginning of the sentence:

• אחרי הברק הילדים מיד התעוררו
• literally: After the lightning, the children immediately woke up

This is similar to English:

• After the lightning, the children immediately woke up.

So the sentence starts with a time phrase, then gives the main clause.

Because Hebrew verbs already contain the subject information.

התעוררו means they woke up (or woke up, with the subject understood from context).

Since הילדים is already stated, Hebrew does not need a separate pronoun like they.

So:

• הילדים התעוררו = the children woke up

This is very normal in Hebrew. Subject pronouns are often omitted unless needed for emphasis or contrast.

התעוררו comes from להתעורר = to wake up, to awaken, to become awake.

It belongs to the התפעל pattern, which often has the beginning הת-.

In this sentence:

• התעוררו = they woke up
• past tense
• plural

Because הילדים is plural, the verb is plural too.

A few related forms:

• הוא התעורר = he woke up
• היא התעוררה = she woke up
• הם התעוררו = they woke up

Both are possible.

• הילדים מיד התעוררו
• הילדים התעוררו מיד

Both mean the children immediately woke up.

Putting מיד before the verb can make the immediacy feel slightly more prominent:

• מיד התעוררו = immediately woke up

Hebrew word order is often flexible, especially with adverbs like מיד.

מיד means immediately, right away, or at once.

So:

• הילדים מיד התעוררו = The children woke up immediately

It is a very common adverb in Hebrew.

For example:

• הוא מיד הבין = He understood immediately
• תבוא מיד = Come immediately

Because ברק here is a specific, understood event: the lightning.

Hebrew often uses the definite article ה־ in cases where English may or may not use the, especially when referring to a specific event in context.

So:

• אחרי הברק = after the lightning

Without ה־, אחרי ברק would sound less natural here.

A few useful notes:

• גם is pronounced roughly like gam
• שמעת is roughly sha-MA-at or sha-MAT depending on style and speed
• הרעם is roughly ha-RA-am
• ברק is ba-RAK
• התעוררו is roughly hit-o-r'RU / heet-o-r'RU

Also remember the two את words:

• את = you (feminine singular)
• את = direct object marker

They are spelled the same in normal writing, so learners need to rely on grammar and context.

Yes, that is possible in colloquial Hebrew, but it changes the feel a little.

• גם את שמעת את הרעם הזה? = You heard that thunder too?
• גם שמעת את הרעם הזה? = Did you hear that thunder too?

Including את makes the you more explicit and slightly more contrastive or emphatic. It can suggest:

• I heard it, and I’m asking whether you did too.

So the version with גם את is very natural when the speaker wants to stress you too.