Questions & Answers about תבדקי אם הרישיון שלך עדיין בתוקף.
What does תבדקי mean exactly?
תבדקי comes from the verb לבדוק, meaning to check or to examine.
In this sentence, תבדקי means check or you should check, addressed to one female.
So:
- לבדוק = to check
- תבדקי = you will check / check! (to one woman)
Context tells you it is being used as a request, instruction, or suggestion.
Is תבדקי future tense or a command?
Grammatically, תבדקי is the 2nd person feminine singular future form.
But in everyday Hebrew, future forms are very often used like commands, especially in spoken language. So here it functions like:
- Check if...
- Please check whether...
- You should check if...
A more strictly imperative feminine singular form would be בדקי, but in modern everyday speech תבדקי is very common and natural.
Why is this sentence addressed to a woman?