כולן כבר מוכנות לצאת.

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Breakdown of כולן כבר מוכנות לצאת.

• מוכן: ready
• לצאת: to leave
• כולן: everyone

Questions & Answers about כולן כבר מוכנות לצאת.

What does כולן mean, and how is it different from כולן as just all?

כולן means all of them when referring to a group of feminine people or things.

It is not just a general all. Hebrew usually marks gender, so:

• כולם = all of them, masculine / mixed group
• כולן = all of them, feminine group

So in this sentence, כולן tells you right away that the group is feminine.

Why is the sentence using the feminine plural forms כולן and מוכנות?

Because the people being talked about are feminine plural.

Hebrew adjectives and pronouns must agree in gender and number with the noun or group they describe. Since the subject is a group of females, the sentence uses:

• כולן = feminine plural
• מוכנות = feminine plural form of ready

If the group were masculine or mixed, you would normally say:

• כולם כבר מוכנים לצאת

What is the basic form of מוכנות?

The basic dictionary form is usually מוכן for masculine singular, meaning ready.

Its common forms are:

• מוכן = masculine singular
• מוכנה = feminine singular
• מוכנים = masculine plural
• מוכנות = feminine plural

So מוכנות is simply the feminine plural form that matches כולן.