נפתחה היום הרשמה לכנס החדש באוניברסיטה, ואני חושבת להירשם.

Registration for the new conference at the university opened today, and I am thinking of signing up.

Breakdown of נפתחה היום הרשמה לכנס החדש באוניברסיטה, ואני חושבת להירשם.

• אני: I
• חדש: new
• ו: and
• היום: today

Questions & Answers about נפתחה היום הרשמה לכנס החדש באוניברסיטה, ואני חושבת להירשם.

Why does the sentence start with נפתחה instead of starting with the noun הרשמה?

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.

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Why is נפתחה in the feminine singular form?

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.

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