Learn Hardcore Hebrew: לא כל כלל בדקדוק מובן לי מיד, אבל אחרי תרגול הוא בדרך כלל נעשה פשוט יותר. - Not every grammar rule is clear to me immediately, but after practice it usually becomes simpler.

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לא כל כלל בדקדוק מובן לי מיד, אבל אחרי תרגול הוא בדרך כלל נעשה פשוט יותר.

Meaning

Not every grammar rule is clear to me immediately, but after practice it usually becomes simpler.

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Breakdown of לא כל כלל בדקדוק מובן לי מיד, אבל אחרי תרגול הוא בדרך כלל נעשה פשוט יותר.

Why does לא כל mean not every rather than no?

Because לא כל + singular noun is a common Hebrew pattern meaning not every ... or not all ....

So:

It does not mean that there are no rules you understand immediately. It only says that this is not true for every single rule.

If you wanted no rule, you would say something like:

Why is כלל singular here and not plural?

Hebrew often uses כל + singular noun to mean every.

So:

This is very similar to English:

So לא כל כלל בדקדוק literally works like not every rule in grammar.

Why is there no the in כלל בדקדוק?