אני מכינה קפה לכולם.

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Breakdown of אני מכינה קפה לכולם.

• קפה: coffee
• להכין: to make
• לכולם: for everyone

Questions & Answers about אני מכינה קפה לכולם.

Why is the verb מכינה and not מכין?

Because the speaker is female.

In Hebrew present tense, verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

• מכין = masculine singular
• מכינה = feminine singular

So:

• אני מכינה = I am making/preparing, said by a woman
• אני מכין = I am making/preparing, said by a man

What would the sentence look like if a man were saying it?

It would be:

אני מכין קפה לכולם.

The only change is:

• מכינה → מכין

Everything else stays the same.

What exactly does מכינה mean here?

מכינה is the feminine singular present-tense form of להכין, which means to prepare or to make.

So מכינה can mean:

• prepares
• is preparing
• am preparing
  depending on context

In this sentence, it means am making/preparing.

Can this sentence mean both I make coffee for everyone and I am making coffee for everyone?