אחרי שמצאתי את תעודת הזהות בתיק, הכול הלך מהר יותר.

Because אחרי ש־ means after followed by a full clause, like after I found...

• אחרי = after
• ש־ = that / when / which introduces a subordinate clause here
• מצאתי = I found

So:

• אחרי שמצאתי את תעודת הזהות... = after I found the ID card...

You can think of ש־ here as the little word that turns after into after I did X rather than just after X.

Compare:

• אחרי הארוחה = after the meal
• אחרי שאכלתי = after I ate

מצאתי is past tense, first person singular: I found.

It comes from the verb למצוא = to find.

Breakdown:

• root: מ־צ־א
• past ending ־תי often means I in the past tense

So:

• מצאתי = I found
• מצאת = you found (to a male)
• מצאתי? No — the standard spelling is מצאתי

This is a very common pattern in Hebrew past tense:

• כתבתי = I wrote
• שמעתי = I heard
• למדתי = I studied / learned

Because את marks a definite direct object.

In this sentence, תעודת הזהות is the thing being found, and it is definite: the identity card / the ID card.

So Hebrew uses:

• מצאתי את תעודת הזהות = I found the ID card

But with an indefinite object, you would normally not use את:

• מצאתי תעודה = I found a certificate / a document
• מצאתי תיק = I found a bag

A very useful rule:

• if the direct object is definite, Hebrew usually uses את
• if it is indefinite, it usually does not

Because this is a construct chain in Hebrew, called סמיכות.

The expression תעודת זהות literally works like identity card, where:

• תעודת = card/document of...
• זהות = identity

When a construct chain is definite, the definiteness usually appears on the second word, not the first.

So:

• תעודת זהות = an identity card / ID card
• תעודת הזהות = the identity card / the ID card

Not:

• התעודת זהות ❌

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

• בית ספר = a school

• בית הספר = the school

• חדר מורים = a teachers’ room
• חדר המורים = the teachers’ room

This is another result of the construct chain structure.

In Hebrew construct chains, the first noun changes into a linked form, and the whole phrase gets its definiteness from the second noun.

So in:

• תעודת הזהות

the ה־ on הזהות makes the whole phrase definite.

That means the whole expression is understood as:

• the identity card

even though תעודת itself does not have ה־.

This is normal Hebrew grammar, not an exception.

Without vowel marks, בתיק can represent either:

• בְּתיק = in a bag
• בַּתיק = in the bag

In everyday written Hebrew, those two look the same because Hebrew usually does not write the vowels.

So the exact meaning depends on context.

That means בתיק can be understood as either:

• in a bag
• in the bag

If the meaning has already been provided to the learner, that tells you which one is intended in this sentence.

This kind of ambiguity is very common in unpointed Hebrew.

Because הכול means everything or the whole thing, while כל usually needs a noun after it.

So:

• הכול הלך מהר יותר = everything went faster / the whole thing went faster

But:

• כל האנשים = all the people
• כל היום = all day
• כל דבר = every thing / everything in some contexts

A helpful distinction:

• כל = all / every + noun
• הכול = everything, the whole thing

Because הלך in Hebrew is often used idiomatically to mean went, proceeded, or moved along in a broader sense, not only literal walking.

So:

• הכול הלך מהר יותר means something like
  • everything went faster
  • things moved more quickly
  • the whole process went faster

This is very natural Hebrew.

Other similar examples:

• הפגישה הלכה טוב = the meeting went well
• איך הלך המבחן? = how did the exam go?
• הדברים הלכו לאט = things went slowly

So הלך here is not about physically walking.

In standard Hebrew, adjective/adverb + יותר is the usual way to say more ...

So:

• מהר יותר = faster
• טוב יותר = better
• גדול יותר = bigger

You may also hear יותר מהר in spoken Hebrew, and it is very common conversationally. But מהר יותר is often taught as the more neutral or standard form.

So for a learner:

• מהר יותר = safe and standard
• יותר מהר = also very common in speech

Yes. Hebrew often allows some flexibility in word order.

This sentence begins with the time clause:

• אחרי שמצאתי את תעודת הזהות בתיק, הכול הלך מהר יותר.

That structure emphasizes the sequence: first I found the ID card, then everything moved faster.

You could also say:

• הכול הלך מהר יותר אחרי שמצאתי את תעודת הזהות בתיק.

That is also natural. It just puts the main point first and the after... part later.

So the original word order is natural, but not the only possible one.

Because the sentence starts with a subordinate clause:

• אחרי שמצאתי את תעודת הזהות בתיק = after I found the ID card in the bag
• then comes the main clause:
• הכול הלך מהר יותר = everything went faster

The comma helps separate those two parts.

In English, you often do the same thing:

• After I found the ID card in the bag, everything went faster.

So the comma here is both natural and helpful for readability.