אני אחנה בחניון מאחורי הבניין, כי ברחוב אין מקום.

אחנה is the first-person singular future form of לחנות, which means to park. So אני אחנה means I will park or I am going to park.

The verb comes from the root ח-נ-ה. In modern Hebrew, the future tense often covers both a simple future idea and an English-style going to idea.

Yes. Hebrew often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb already shows the person and number.

So both of these are possible:

• אחנה בחניון...
• אני אחנה בחניון...

Adding אני can make the sentence a little clearer, more explicit, or slightly more emphatic. A learner will often see Hebrew include the pronoun even when it is not strictly necessary.

חניון means a parking lot, car park, or sometimes a parking garage, depending on context.

So בחניון means in the parking lot / in the car park / in the garage.

Because the preposition ב־ attaches directly to the noun. ב־ usually means in, at, or sometimes on, depending on the situation.

So:

• בחניון = in/at the parking lot
• ברחוב = in/on the street

This is very normal in Hebrew. Short prepositions like ב־, ל־, and כ־ are usually prefixed to the next word.

In unpointed Hebrew spelling, you often cannot tell from the spelling alone.

Both of these can look the same:

• ב + חניון = in a parking lot
• ב + החניון = in the parking lot

Without vowel marks, both are written בחניון. Context tells you which one is meant.

The same thing can happen with ברחוב:

• in a street
• in the street / on the street

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is probably a specific place, so English often uses the parking lot and the street.

Because Hebrew generally uses ב־ for many kinds of locations, including streets. English and Hebrew do not always choose the same preposition.

So Hebrew says:

• ברחוב

but natural English says:

• on the street

A very literal translation would sound like in the street, but that is usually not the best English choice here.

מאחורי means behind.

So:

• מאחורי הבניין = behind the building

It is a fixed preposition used to show location. You do not need to break it down when learning the sentence; it is best to learn it as the normal way to say behind something.

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• בניין = a building / building
• הבניין = the building

Here the sentence refers to a specific building, so Hebrew uses הבניין.

כי means because here. It introduces the reason:

• אני אחנה בחניון מאחורי הבניין = I will park in the parking lot behind the building
• כי ברחוב אין מקום = because there is no space on the street

So כי connects the action with the explanation.

אין is a very common Hebrew word meaning there is not or there are not.

So:

• יש מקום = there is space / there is room
• אין מקום = there is no space / there is no room

In this sentence, מקום means space or room, and in context it means room to park.

Hebrew often says simply אין מקום when English might say there is no parking space or there is no room to park.

Because Hebrew often leaves the idea broad when the context already makes it obvious.

Here, since the sentence is about parking, אין מקום naturally means there is no room to park or there is no parking space.

A more explicit version such as אין מקום חניה is also possible, but it is not necessary.

Both orders are possible, but they feel slightly different.

• אין מקום ברחוב = there is no space on the street
• ברחוב אין מקום = on the street, there is no space

Putting ברחוב first gives more emphasis to the location and helps create a contrast with בחניון earlier in the sentence. It sounds a bit like:

• I will park in the parking lot... because on the street there is no space.

So the street is being highlighted as the problem area.