Breakdown of אני עייפה מכדי לצאת שוב הערב.
Questions & Answers about אני עייפה מכדי לצאת שוב הערב.
Why isn't there a word for am in this sentence?
In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out. So אני עייפה literally looks like I tired, but it means I am tired. This is completely normal in Hebrew.
In other tenses, Hebrew does use forms of להיות:
- הייתי עייפה = I was tired
- אהיה עייפה = I will be tired
Why is it עייפה and not עייף?
Because adjectives in Hebrew agree with the gender of the person they describe.
- עייפה = feminine singular
- עייף = masculine singular
So a woman would say:
- אני עייפה מכדי לצאת שוב הערב
A man would say:
- אני עייף מכדי לצאת שוב הערב
What does מכדי mean here?
מכדי means too ... to.
So the pattern is:
[adjective or state] + מכדי + infinitive
In this sentence:
- עייפה = tired
- מכדי לצאת = too tired to go out
So עייפה מכדי לצאת means too tired to go out.
This is a useful structure to learn as a whole.
Is מכדי common in everyday speech?
Yes, it is correct and natural, but it can sound a little more formal or literary than very casual spoken Hebrew.
A more conversational alternative would be something like:
- אני עייפה מדי בשביל לצאת שוב הערב
That also means I'm too tired to go out again tonight.
So מכדי is good Hebrew, but not always the most casual choice.
Why is לצאת in that form?
לצאת is the infinitive, meaning to go out.
Hebrew infinitives usually begin with ל־, which often corresponds to English to:
- לצאת = to go out
- ללכת = to go
- לאכול = to eat
After מכדי, Hebrew uses an infinitive, just like English uses to:
- too tired to go out
- עייפה מכדי לצאת
Does לצאת literally mean to exit, or can it mean to go out socially?
It can mean both, depending on context.
The basic meaning is to go out / to leave. But in many everyday situations, לצאת also means to go out in the social sense: go out for the evening, leave the house, go somewhere.
Here, because of שוב הערב (again this evening / tonight), the meaning is clearly something like go out again tonight.
What does שוב mean, and could I use something else?
שוב means again.
So:
- לצאת שוב = to go out again
A very common alternative in speech is עוד פעם, which also means again:
- לצאת עוד פעם
Both are correct. שוב is shorter and a bit more neutral; עוד פעם is more colloquial.
Why does הערב mean this evening or tonight when it has ה־ on it?
In time expressions, Hebrew often uses words with ה־ in ways that do not translate literally as the in English.
So:
- הערב often means this evening or tonight
- הבוקר often means this morning
- הלילה can mean tonight / the night, depending on context
So here הערב is best understood idiomatically as tonight or this evening, not as a literal the evening.
Can אני be omitted?
Sometimes, yes, if the context already makes it obvious who is speaking about themselves. But in a sentence like this, keeping אני is normal and helpful.
Because Hebrew has no present-tense am/is/are, dropping אני can make the sentence feel more fragment-like:
- אני עייפה מכדי לצאת שוב הערב = full sentence
- עייפה מכדי לצאת שוב הערב = possible in conversation, but more like Too tired to go out again tonight
So learners should usually keep אני unless they are comfortable with conversational ellipsis.
Why is the word order לצאת שוב הערב?
The order is natural Hebrew for to go out again tonight / this evening.
- לצאת = to go out
- שוב = again
- הערב = tonight / this evening
Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, but this version sounds smooth and normal. שוב comes before the time expression, which is a very common placement.
So the sentence flows naturally as:
- I am too tired
- to go out again
- tonight
- to go out again
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