הילדים כבר מתלבשים לבד בבוקר.

הילדים means the children.

A learner can notice three things here:

• ילד = boy / child
• ילדים = children or boys
• ה־ at the beginning = the

So הילדים is:

• plural
• masculine
• definite (the children)

In Hebrew, the masculine plural is also used for a mixed group of boys and girls. If the group were all girls, you would usually say הילדות.

This is a very common question.

• לובשים usually means wear or put on clothes
• מתלבשים means get dressed / dress oneself

So in this sentence, מתלבשים is used because the idea is that the children dress themselves, not just that they are wearing clothes.

Compare:

• הילדים לובשים מעילים = The children are wearing coats
• הילדים מתלבשים = The children are getting dressed

The form מתלבשים comes from the reflexive pattern called Hitpa'el (התפעל), which often gives the sense of doing something to oneself.

מתלבשים is present tense, masculine plural.

But in Hebrew, the present tense can cover a few English ideas:

• are getting dressed
• get dressed
• sometimes even dress themselves

In this sentence, because of בבוקר (in the morning), the most natural reading is a habitual action:

• The children already get dressed by themselves in the morning

So this is not necessarily describing one specific moment right now. It can describe a regular routine.

Because the verb מתלבשים already includes a reflexive idea: dress themselves / get dressed.

In English, you often need a separate word:

• The children dress themselves

In Hebrew, the reflexive verb form often does that work by itself.

Then לבד adds another nuance: on their own / by themselves / without help.

So the sentence does not need a separate Hebrew word matching English themselves.

כבר means already.

Here it adds the idea that this ability or routine has been reached by now. It often suggests progress or development.

So the feeling is something like:

• The children already get dressed by themselves in the morning
• By now, the children dress themselves in the morning

This is very natural when talking about children learning independence.

In everyday Hebrew, לבד is very commonly used with all kinds of subjects to mean:

• alone
• by oneself
• on one’s own

So with a plural subject like הילדים, לבד can still mean by themselves / on their own.

More formal or literary Hebrew might use:

• לבדם = by themselves
• sometimes בעצמם = themselves / on their own

But in normal modern speech, לבד is extremely common and natural here.

בבוקר is made from:

• ב־ = in
• הבוקר = the morning

When a preposition like ב־ is attached to a word with ה־ (the), Hebrew often combines them:

• ב + הבוקר → בבוקר

So בבוקר means in the morning.

The pronunciation is baboker.

This same thing happens with other prepositions too, for example:

• בבית = in the house
• לילד = to the boy
• מהבית = from the house

Yes, Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, though some orders sound more natural than others.

The original sentence:

• הילדים כבר מתלבשים לבד בבוקר

is very natural.

You might also hear:

• הילדים מתלבשים כבר לבד בבוקר
• כבר הילדים מתלבשים לבד בבוקר
  this is possible, but more marked
• בבוקר הילדים כבר מתלבשים לבד
  this puts more emphasis on in the morning

So the order can change, but the original sentence is a very normal neutral way to say it.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-yeladim kvar mitlabshim levad baboker

Approximate stress:

• ha-yela-DIM
• kvar
• mitlab-SHIM
• le-VAD
• ba-BO-ker

A few helpful notes:

• כבר is usually pronounced kvar
• מתלבשים has the sh sound at the end
• בבוקר is ba-bo-ker, not be-bo-ker

Then both the noun and the verb would change to feminine plural:

• הילדות כבר מתלבשות לבד בבוקר

Changes:

• הילדים → הילדות
• מתלבשים → מתלבשות

Everything else stays the same.

This is a useful pattern to notice:

• masculine plural present: מתלבשים
• feminine plural present: מתלבשות

Most naturally, it sounds like a general habit or routine.

That is because:

• the verb is in the present
• בבוקר often suggests a regular morning routine
• כבר often suggests a stage of development: they already do this now

So the default interpretation is something like:

• The children already get dressed by themselves in the morning

If you wanted to make it clearly about right now, Hebrew would usually add more context, such as:

• עכשיו = now
• הבוקר = this morning / the morning, depending on context

Without extra context, this sentence sounds more like a routine than a one-time event.