דיברתי עם עמית מהמחלקה השנייה, והוא אמר שהעמיתה שלנו כבר שלחה את הסיכום.

דיברתי is the past tense, first person singular form of לדבר (to speak / to talk), so it means I spoke or I talked.

A useful breakdown:

• דיבר = he spoke
• דיברה = she spoke
• דיברתי = I spoke

In the past tense, דיברתי is used by both male and female speakers, so it does not tell you the speaker’s gender.

The verb לדבר often takes עם when you mean to talk with someone.

So:

• דיברתי עם עמית = I spoke with Amit / a colleague

Hebrew can also use דיבר אל... or דיבר ל... in some contexts, but דיבר עם... is the most natural way to say talked with.

It can be either.

Hebrew does not use capital letters, so עמית could be:

• Amit — a common Hebrew first name
• colleague / associate / peer — a common noun

In this sentence, the context decides the meaning. Since the next clause says והוא אמר (and he said), עמית is understood as masculine here, but that still does not completely remove the ambiguity: it could mean Amit or a male colleague.

That is one thing English speakers often notice: in Hebrew, you sometimes need context to tell whether a word is a name or a regular noun.

מהמחלקה is made of three parts:

• מ־ = from
• ה־ = the
• מחלקה = department

So:

• מהמחלקה = from the department

When מ־ joins a word with ה־, they are written together:

• מ + המחלקה = מהמחלקה

This kind of combination is very common in Hebrew.

Because מחלקה is a feminine noun, and the ordinal adjective (second) has to agree with it.

So:

• מחלקה = feminine
• שני / second must become feminine: שנייה

Also, because the noun is definite (the department), the adjective is also definite:

• המחלקה השנייה = the second department

This is a very important Hebrew pattern:

• the + noun + the + adjective

Examples:

• הספר החדש = the new book
• הילדה הקטנה = the small girl
• המחלקה השנייה = the second department

In Hebrew, when a noun is definite and it is followed by an adjective, the adjective usually also gets ה־.

So English:

• the second department

Hebrew:

• המחלקה השנייה

Both words are marked as definite:

• המחלקה = the department
• השנייה = the second

This is normal Hebrew adjective agreement.

והוא אמר means and he said.

Breakdown:

• ו־ = and
• הוא = he
• אמר = said

In Hebrew, ו־ is usually attached directly to the next word, so instead of writing a separate word for and, Hebrew often writes it as a prefix.

So:

• והוא = and he

This is one of the most common features of Hebrew writing.

Here ש־ means that.

So:

• אמר ש... = said that...

In the sentence:

• והוא אמר שהעמיתה שלנו...
• and he said that our female colleague...

The full form historically is related to אשר, but in modern Hebrew ש־ is the usual everyday word for that / which / who in many contexts.

So:

• ש + העמיתה = שהעמיתה

They are the masculine and feminine forms of the same noun.

• עמית = male colleague / colleague (or the name Amit)
• עמיתה = female colleague

In this sentence:

• עמית may be Amit or a male colleague
• העמיתה שלנו definitely means our female colleague

The feminine ending ־ה is very common in Hebrew nouns and adjectives, though not every feminine word follows that pattern.

In Hebrew, possessive phrases like our colleague, my book, their house are very often formed with:

• noun + possessive word

So:

• העמיתה שלנו = our female colleague
• literally: the female colleague of-us

A few important things to notice:

1. שלנו means our
2. It comes after the noun
3. The noun is usually definite here:
   • העמיתה שלנו = our female colleague

This pattern is extremely common:

• הספר שלי = my book
• המורה שלנו = our teacher
• הבית שלהם = their house

כבר means already.

So:

• כבר שלחה = already sent

In Hebrew, adverbs like כבר often come before the verb, especially in neutral everyday sentences.

Compare:

• היא כבר שלחה = she already sent
• היא שלחה כבר = also possible in some contexts, but the first is more neutral here

So in your sentence, כבר tells us the action had already happened by the time the speaker heard about it.

שלחה is the past tense, third person feminine singular form of לשלוח (to send).

So:

• שלח = he sent
• שלחה = she sent
• שלחתי = I sent

It is feminine here because the subject is העמיתה שלנו (our female colleague).

Hebrew past-tense verbs agree with the subject in person, number, and often gender, so this feminine form is required.

את marks a definite direct object.

In this sentence:

• שלחה = sent
• את הסיכום = the summary

Because הסיכום is definite (the summary), Hebrew uses את before it:

• שלחה את הסיכום = she sent the summary

Important:

• את here does not mean with
• The word with is עם

So Hebrew has two different words:

• עם = with
• את = marker of a definite direct object

This is a very common point of confusion for learners.

הסיכום means the summary.

Breakdown:

• סיכום = summary
• הסיכום = the summary

The root is related to the idea of summing up / concluding. Depending on context, סיכום can mean:

• a summary
• a written recap
• a concluding document
• notes that summarize something

So in this sentence, it most naturally means the summary that both speakers already know about.

The sentence is:

דיברתי עם עמית מהמחלקה השנייה, והוא אמר שהעמיתה שלנו כבר שלחה את הסיכום.

A natural breakdown is:

1. דיברתי עם עמית מהמחלקה השנייה

   • I spoke with Amit / a colleague from the second department

2. והוא אמר

   • and he said

3. שהעמיתה שלנו כבר שלחה את הסיכום

   • that our female colleague already sent the summary

Hebrew word order is often flexible, but this sentence is very natural and straightforward. It follows a common pattern:

• verb + prepositional phrase
• and + subject + verb
• that + subject + adverb + verb + object

So even though Hebrew does not always match English word-for-word, the structure here is quite standard.