כדי לשחרר את התריס התקוע, השיפוצניק בדק הכול לאט.

direct object marker

Breakdown of כדי לשחרר את התריס התקוע, השיפוצניק בדק הכול לאט.

• לאט: slowly
• לבדוק: to check
• כדי: in order to

Questions & Answers about כדי לשחרר את התריס התקוע, השיפוצניק בדק הכול לאט.

Why does the sentence start with כדי?

כדי introduces a purpose: in order to, so as to.

So כדי לשחרר... means in order to free/release/unjam...

A very common pattern is:

כדי + infinitive

For example: כדי להבין = in order to understand
כדי לפתוח = in order to open

In your sentence, it explains why the handyman checked everything slowly.

Why is it לשחרר and not a normal conjugated verb?

Because after כדי, Hebrew usually uses the infinitive form, which often begins with ל־.

So:

לשחרר = to release / to free / to unjam

This is the infinitive, similar to English to release.

If Hebrew wanted a full clause instead, it could use a different structure such as כדי ש־..., but כדי + infinitive is the simplest and most common pattern here.

What does לשחרר mean here exactly? Is it really to release?