היא משתדלת להגיע מוקדם, גם כשהדרך לעבודה ארוכה מהרגיל.

Yes. Hebrew often does drop subject pronouns, because the verb usually shows the person, number, and sometimes gender.

So משתדלת already tells you:

• she
• singular
• present tense

That means היא משתדלת could often be shortened to just משתדלת if the subject is clear from context.

Here, היא is included for clarity or emphasis:

• היא משתדלת להגיע מוקדם = She tries to arrive early

משתדלת means tries, makes an effort, or does her best.

It comes from the root ש-ד-ל and belongs to the hitpa'el verb pattern:

• masculine singular: משתדל
• feminine singular: משתדלת
• masculine plural: משתדלים
• feminine plural: משתדלות

This verb usually suggests effort more than just intention. So it is a bit stronger than simply saying she wants to arrive early.

Because the subject is היא (she), and in Hebrew present tense, verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.

Compare:

• הוא משתדל = he tries
• היא משתדלת = she tries

This is very normal in Hebrew: present-tense verb forms often behave a bit like adjectives in how they agree.

Because after verbs like try, Hebrew commonly uses ל + infinitive.

So:

• משתדלת להגיע = tries to arrive

The infinitive here is להגיע = to arrive / to get to

This pattern is very common:

• רוצה ללכת = wants to go
• יכול לעשות = can do
• מנסה להבין = tries to understand
• משתדלת להגיע = tries to arrive

Both can relate to coming/arriving, but they are not exactly the same.

• לבוא = to come
• להגיע = to arrive / reach

In this sentence, להגיע מוקדם is the natural choice because the focus is on arriving early, not simply coming.

So:

• היא משתדלת להגיע מוקדם = she tries to arrive early

Using לבוא מוקדם can also be possible in some contexts, but להגיע fits especially well when talking about reaching a destination such as work.

Here מוקדם functions like an adverb, meaning early.

It describes how/when she arrives, not a noun.

So:

• להגיע מוקדם = to arrive early

Even though forms like מוקדם, מאוחר, טוב, etc. may look adjective-like, they are often used adverbially in Hebrew without any extra ending.

גם means also / too / even, and כש־ means when.

Together, גם כש־ often means:

• even when
• also when

In this sentence, the best English sense is even when:

• גם כשהדרך לעבודה ארוכה מהרגיל = even when the trip/road to work is longer than usual

So גם adds the idea that her effort continues despite that condition.

Because הדרך means the road / the way / the route, with the definite article ה־ (the).

• כש = when
• כשהדרך = when the road / when the route

The form כש + ה often contracts in writing as one unit:

• כש + הדרך → כשהדרך

This is very common:

• כשהוא בא = when he comes
• כשהם הגיעו = when they arrived
• כשהדרך ארוכה = when the road/route is long

Literally, yes:

• הדרך = the road / the way / the route
• לעבודה = to work

But in natural English, it often means:

• the way to work
• the commute to work
• the route to work

So the sentence is not necessarily talking about one physical road only. It can refer more generally to the trip or commute.

Because הדרך is a feminine singular noun.

The adjective must agree with it:

• דרך ארוכה = a long road/way
• הדרך ארוכה = the road/way is long

Compare:

• היום ארוך = the day is long
• הדרך ארוכה = the הדרך is long

So ארוכה is the feminine singular form of ארוך.

Yes, literally it is something like than the usual / from the usual, but in real usage it means:

• than usual
• more than usual
• longer than usual in this sentence

Hebrew often forms comparisons with מ־:

• גדול ממני = bigger than me
• קשה מהצפוי = harder than expected
• ארוכה מהרגיל = longer than usual

So מהרגיל is a very common comparative expression.

Because Hebrew usually expresses than with the prefix מ־ attached to the second part of the comparison.

Examples:

• יותר גדול ממני = bigger than me
• מהיר יותר מהאוטובוס = faster than the bus
• ארוכה מהרגיל = longer than usual

So the מ־ in מהרגיל is doing the job that English than does.

Because in present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for is / are.

So:

• הדרך ארוכה literally looks like the road long
• but it means the road is long

This is completely normal in Hebrew:

• הוא עייף = he is tired
• היא בבית = she is at home
• הדרך לעבודה ארוכה = the way to work is long

Yes, absolutely. In context, that is often the most natural interpretation.

A learner may translate it literally as the road to work, but a native speaker may understand it more broadly as:

• the route
• the trip
• the journey
• the commute

So depending on context, הדרך לעבודה ארוכה מהרגיל could suggest:

• the route is longer than usual
• the trip to work is taking longer than usual
• her commute is longer than usual

The sentence has a main clause and a subordinate clause.

Main clause:

• היא משתדלת להגיע מוקדם
• she tries to arrive early

Subordinate clause:

• גם כשהדרך לעבודה ארוכה מהרגיל
• even when the way/commute to work is longer than usual

So the structure is:

[She tries to arrive early], [even when the commute to work is longer than usual].

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

• main statement first
• condition/time clause after it

Yes. Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, though some orders sound more natural than others.

For example, you could say:

• גם כשהדרך לעבודה ארוכה מהרגיל, היא משתדלת להגיע מוקדם.

This puts the even when... clause first, which gives it a bit more emphasis.

Both versions are natural:

• היא משתדלת להגיע מוקדם, גם כשהדרך לעבודה ארוכה מהרגיל.
• גם כשהדרך לעבודה ארוכה מהרגיל, היא משתדלת להגיע מוקדם.

The meaning stays basically the same.