Breakdown of מחר אני אלך לבית החולים, כי הרופאה רוצה לבדוק אם הכול בסדר.
Questions & Answers about מחר אני אלך לבית החולים, כי הרופאה רוצה לבדוק אם הכול בסדר.
Why does the sentence start with מחר?
Hebrew often puts a time word like מחר (tomorrow) at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis or simply because it sounds natural.
So:
- מחר אני אלך לבית החולים = Tomorrow I will go to the hospital
You could also say:
- אני אלך לבית החולים מחר
Both are correct. The first version highlights tomorrow a bit more.
Why is אני included? Can Hebrew leave it out?
Yes. Hebrew can often drop subject pronouns because the verb already shows the person.
So both of these are possible:
- מחר אני אלך לבית החולים
- מחר אלך לבית החולים
Both mean Tomorrow I will go to the hospital.
Including אני can make the sentence clearer, more natural in some contexts, or slightly more emphatic.
What form is אלך?
אלך is the 1st person singular future form of the verb ללכת (to go / to walk).
So:
- ללכת = to go
- אלך = I will go
This future form already includes the meaning of I, which is why אני is optional.
A few related forms:
- אלך = I will go
- תלך = you will go / she will go
- ילך = he will go
- נלך = we will go
Why is it לבית and not just לבית with a separate word for the?
In Hebrew, prepositions often combine with the definite article ה־.
Here:
- ל = to
- הבית = the house
- לבית = to the house
But in this sentence, בית החולים is a fixed expression meaning hospital.
So:
- בית חולים = a hospital
- בית החולים = the hospital
- לבית החולים = to the hospital
The ל and ה merge, so you do not say ל הבית החולים.
Why does בית החולים mean hospital? Doesn't it literally mean house of the sick?
Yes, literally it comes from:
- בית = house
- חולים = sick people / the sick
Historically and literally, it is something like house of the sick, but in modern Hebrew it simply means hospital.
This is a normal noun phrase in Hebrew, and you should learn it as a set expression:
- בית חולים = hospital
- בית החולים = the hospital
Why is only החולים definite in בית החולים?
This is because of the construct state in Hebrew, called סמיכות.
In a construct phrase, the first noun is linked to the second noun, and definiteness is usually shown on the second noun:
- בית חולים = a hospital
- בית החולים = the hospital
Even though בית itself does not have ה־, the whole phrase becomes definite because the second part is definite.
This is very common in Hebrew.
Why is it הרופאה רוצה and not הרופא רוצה?
Because רופאה is the feminine form of doctor.
- רופא = male doctor
- רופאה = female doctor
Since the doctor here is feminine, the verb also has to agree:
- הרופאה רוצה = the female doctor wants
If the doctor were male, it would be:
- הרופא רוצה
Why is the verb רוצה the same-looking form for he wants and she wants?
In the present tense, some masculine singular and feminine singular verb forms can look different, but with רוצה and רוצה the written form is very similar.
More specifically:
- הוא רוצה = he wants
- היא רוצה = she wants
In unpointed Hebrew, both are written רוצה. The difference is understood from the subject:
- הרופא רוצה = the male doctor wants
- הרופאה רוצה = the female doctor wants
So the noun tells you how to understand the verb.
Why is לבדוק used after רוצה?
After a verb like רוצה (wants), Hebrew usually uses an infinitive with ל־:
- רוצה לבדוק = wants to check
- literally: wants to-check
This is very common:
- אני רוצה לאכול = I want to eat
- היא רוצה ללכת = she wants to go
- הרופאה רוצה לבדוק = the doctor wants to check
So לבדוק is the infinitive to check / to examine.
What does אם mean here? Is it the same as if?
Here אם means whether / if in the sense of introducing an indirect question:
- לבדוק אם הכול בסדר = to check whether everything is okay
In English, if can mean two different things:
- conditional if
- If it rains, I’ll stay home
- indirect-question if / whether
- I want to know if it’s okay
In this sentence, Hebrew אם is the second type: whether.
Why does the sentence say הכול and not כל?
הכול means everything.
Compare:
- כל = all / every, but usually it needs a noun after it
- כל יום = every day
- כל הילדים = all the children
- הכול = everything
So in this sentence:
- אם הכול בסדר = if everything is okay
You may also see הכל in modern spelling. Both are common; הכול reflects the fuller vowel pattern.
What does בסדר literally mean?
It is made of:
- ב־ = in
- סדר = order
So literally it is something like in order, but as an expression it means:
- okay
- fine
- all right
So:
- הכול בסדר = everything is okay / everything is fine
This is an extremely common phrase in Hebrew.
Why is there no verb for is in הכול בסדר?
In the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a word for is / are.
So:
- הכול בסדר literally: everything okay natural English: everything is okay
This is normal Hebrew grammar.
Compare:
- אני עייף = I am tired
- היא בבית = she is at home
- הכול בסדר = everything is okay
But in past and future, Hebrew does use forms of to be when needed.
Why is there a comma before כי?
The comma separates the main clause from the reason clause:
- מחר אני אלך לבית החולים
- כי הרופאה רוצה לבדוק אם הכול בסדר
So the second part explains why the speaker will go to the hospital.
In English, this is like:
- Tomorrow I’ll go to the hospital, because the doctor wants to check if everything is okay.
In modern Hebrew punctuation, this comma is normal and helpful.
Can כי also mean something other than because?
Yes. כי often means because, but depending on context it can also have meanings like that or appear in more formal/literary uses.
In this sentence, though, it clearly means:
- because
So:
- כי הרופאה רוצה לבדוק = because the doctor wants to check
Is לבדוק more like check or examine?
It can mean both, depending on context.
- לבדוק מסמך = to check a document
- הרופא בודק את החולה = the doctor examines the patient
In this sentence, because it is about a doctor and a hospital, לבדוק is closer to:
- to examine
- to check
Both are good translations here.
How would this sentence sound if the doctor were male?
You would change both the noun and the agreement:
- מחר אני אלך לבית החולים, כי הרופא רוצה לבדוק אם הכול בסדר.
Changes:
- הרופאה → הרופא
- the rest stays the same, because רוצה is also the present-tense form used with masculine singular in unpointed writing
Meaning:
- Tomorrow I will go to the hospital, because the doctor wants to check if everything is okay.
What is the normal pronunciation and stress in this sentence?
A natural pronunciation would be approximately:
- machár ani elekh le-véit ha-cholím, ki ha-rof'á rotzá livdók im ha-kól beséder
A few stress points:
- מחר → stress on the second syllable: machár
- אלך → usually elékh / elekh
- לבית → le-véit
- החולים → ha-cholím
- הרופאה → ha-rof'á
- לבדוק → livdók
- הכול → ha-kól
- בסדר → beséder
If you are learning spoken Hebrew, hearing these stress patterns is very useful because stress can affect how natural you sound.
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