נפתחה היום הרשמה לכנס החדש באוניברסיטה, ואני חושבת להירשם.

Hebrew often allows — and very naturally uses — verb-first word order, especially in formal, written, or announcement-style sentences.

So:

נפתחה היום הרשמה
literally: Opened today registration

means:

Registration opened today

If you said ההרשמה נפתחה היום, that would also be grammatical, but it sounds a bit more neutral or more explicitly focused on the registration as the topic.

Because the subject is הרשמה (registration), and הרשמה is a feminine singular noun.

So the verb agrees with it:

• נפתחה = feminine singular
• if the subject were masculine singular, you would expect נפתח
• if plural, a plural form

This agreement is very important in Hebrew, even when the subject comes after the verb.

נפתחה comes from the root פ-ת-ח (open) in the Nif'al pattern.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• opened
• was opened
• has opened in context

With things like registration, applications, ticket sales, and so on, Hebrew often uses נפתח / נפתחה in a way that sounds very natural, similar to English registration opened today.

So it is not necessarily stressing who opened it; it is focusing on the fact that it is now open.

Because the definite article ה־ often merges with certain prepositions, including ל־ (to/for), ב־ (in/at), and כ־ (as/like).

So:

• ל + הכנס becomes לכנס
• ב + האוניברסיטה becomes באוניברסיטה

Even though you do not see a separate ה before כנס, the noun is still definite here. One clue is the adjective:

• החדש = the new

In Hebrew, if the noun is definite, the adjective must also be definite.

So לכנס החדש means for the new conference, not just for a new conference.

In unpointed Hebrew, לכנס can sometimes look ambiguous, because it could also resemble an infinitive form of a verb.

But the context makes it clear here:

הרשמה לכנס החדש באוניברסיטה

This is a noun phrase meaning:

registration for the new conference at the university

Also, the word that follows is החדש, an adjective modifying כנס (conference), so לכנס must be the noun כנס with the preposition ל־.

הרשמה means registration, sign-up, or enrollment, depending on context.

In this sentence, it refers to the registration process for the conference.

It is related to the verb להירשם (to register / to sign up), so the sentence nicely uses two related words:

• הרשמה = registration
• להירשם = to register

Both come from the same root: ר-ש-מ.

Hebrew often leaves nouns like registration, ticket sales, applications, and similar process words without the article when announcing that something has opened or begun.

So:

• נפתחה היום הרשמה = Registration opened today

This sounds natural and general, like an announcement.

If you said נפתחה היום ההרשמה, it would sound more like the registration opened today, referring to a specific registration already known in the conversation.

Both are possible, but the version without ה is very natural in this kind of sentence.

באוניברסיטה means at the university or in the university.

It is written as one word because:

• ב־ = in / at
• האוניברסיטה = the university

These combine into:

• באוניברסיטה

This is the same kind of merging as in לכנס.

In this sentence, the most natural reading is that it describes the conference:

registration for the new conference at the university

So the conference is the one associated with the university.

Could context ever make it feel like it describes where the registration is happening? Sometimes Hebrew can allow that kind of ambiguity, but here the default reading is that באוניברסיטה modifies כנס.

Because the speaker is female.

Hebrew verbs in the present tense agree with gender and number:

• אני חושבת = I think / I am thinking (female speaker)
• אני חושב = I think / I am thinking (male speaker)

So if a man were saying the same sentence, he would say:

ואני חושב להירשם

Literally, it is something like thinking to register, but in natural English it means:

• I’m thinking of registering
• I’m considering registering

In Hebrew, לחשוב + infinitive can express intention or consideration, not just abstract thought.

So אני חושבת להירשם is a very natural way to say that someone is considering signing up.

Because להירשם is an infinitive: to register.

In Hebrew, infinitives are commonly built with a prefixed ל־, often corresponding to English to:

• להירשם = to register
• ללכת = to go
• לכתוב = to write

So after חושבת, the infinitive expresses the action being considered:

חושבת להירשם = thinking of registering

They are related, but one is a noun and the other is a verb:

• הרשמה = registration
• להירשם = to register / to sign up

A useful way to think about it is:

• נפתחה היום הרשמה = the registration process opened today
• אני חושבת להירשם = I am thinking of signing myself up

This kind of word-family relationship is very common in Hebrew.

The ו־ means and.

So the sentence is made of two linked parts:

1. נפתחה היום הרשמה לכנס החדש באוניברסיטה
2. ואני חושבת להירשם

Together:

Registration for the new conference at the university opened today, and I’m thinking of registering.

You could not normally drop the ו־ here if you want one smooth connected sentence with and.

היום means today, and here it modifies נפתחה:

נפתחה היום הרשמה = Registration opened today

Hebrew word order is flexible, so היום can move around more than in English, but its meaning stays the same. This placement is very natural.

For example, Hebrew could also say:

• היום נפתחה הרשמה
• נפתחה הרשמה היום

All are possible, though they may differ slightly in emphasis or style.