אני עושה פחות ופחות טעויות באיות כשאני כותבת לאט.

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Breakdown of אני עושה פחות ופחות טעויות באיות כשאני כותבת לאט.

• אני: I
• ו: and
• ב: in
• לכתוב: to write

Questions & Answers about אני עושה פחות ופחות טעויות באיות כשאני כותבת לאט.

Why is it כותבת and not כותב?

כותבת is the feminine singular present form of לכתוב (to write).

So this sentence is being said by a female speaker:

• אני כותבת = I write / I am writing (female)
• A male speaker would say אני כותב

In Hebrew present tense, the verb often shows the speaker’s gender, even with אני.

If the speaker is female, why does the sentence also have עושה, which looks the same as the masculine form?

That is a very common question.

With עשה (to do / make), the masculine and feminine singular present forms are usually written the same way without vowel marks:

• masculine: עוֹשֶׂה
• feminine: עוֹשָׂה

Without ניקוד, both are written עושה.

So the spelling does not tell you the gender here, but כותבת does. Because of כשאני כותבת, we know the speaker is female.

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