סעי קדימה לאט.

סעי is the imperative form, used for giving a command.

More specifically, it is:

• 2nd person
• singular
• feminine

So this command is being said to one female. Hebrew verbs often show the gender of the person being addressed, including in commands.

Compare:

• סע — to one male
• סעי — to one female

Yes. In Hebrew, commands usually agree with the gender and number of the person you are speaking to.

That means English Drive forward slowly can have different Hebrew forms depending on who is being addressed.

For example:

• סע קדימה לאט — to one man
• סעי קדימה לאט — to one woman
• סעו קדימה לאט — to more than one person

For English speakers, this is a very common adjustment, because English imperatives do not change for gender.

Great question. The dictionary form is לנסוע, but the root is נ-ס-ע. In some conjugations, especially the imperative and parts of the future tense, the initial נ often drops.

So you get forms like:

• סע
• סעי

This is a normal pattern for this kind of verb in Hebrew. So even though the infinitive has נ, you should not expect to see it in every form.

In modern Israeli Hebrew, סעי is pronounced roughly s'i.

A few helpful notes:

• the ע is usually not strongly pronounced by most modern speakers
• the word can feel a little abrupt or compressed to English speakers
• many learners are tempted to say something like sa-ee, but that is usually too heavy

A good practical approximation is:

• s'ee, with a very short break after the s

It can be broader than just drive.

The verb לנסוע often refers to:

• traveling
• going by vehicle
• driving
• riding

In this sentence, the context strongly suggests driving or at least moving a vehicle forward. But the verb itself is not limited to only one exact English translation in every situation.

That is very common in Hebrew: one verb can cover a wider range than the most natural English equivalent.

Here, קדימה means forward or ahead.

It adds direction to the command. Without it, סעי לאט would just mean drive/go slowly. With קדימה, the sentence specifically tells the person to move forward.

Also, קדימה is a very common Hebrew word outside this sentence too. Depending on context, it can also mean things like:

• come on
• let's go
• move ahead

But in this sentence, it is simply directional: forward.

לאט means slowly, and putting it at the end is very natural here.

The order:

• סעי קדימה לאט

feels like:

1. do the action
2. in that direction
3. in that manner

Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but not every order sounds equally natural in every context.

For example:

• סעי קדימה לאט — very natural
• סעי לאט קדימה — possible, but less neutral and may shift the emphasis a bit

In motion commands, Hebrew often places the direction word close to the verb, so קדימה right after סעי sounds very normal.

Because Hebrew usually does not need an explicit subject pronoun in a command.

The verb form already tells you who the command is for. In סעי, the ending already shows that the speaker is addressing:

• you
• singular
• female

So adding את would usually be unnecessary.

This is different from English, where the word you is understood but the verb itself does not show gender or number.

You would change the imperative form of the verb.

Common modern forms:

• סע קדימה לאט — to one man
• סעי קדימה לאט — to one woman
• סעו קדימה לאט — to more than one person

The rest of the sentence stays the same:

• קדימה — forward
• לאט — slowly

So the main change is in the command verb.

It is natural, especially in a practical context like:

• giving driving instructions
• helping someone park
• telling someone how to move a vehicle

That said, the plain imperative in Hebrew can sound fairly direct, just as commands often do in real life.

If you want to make it softer or more polite, you can add בבקשה or use a future form instead of the imperative.

For example, to one woman:

• תסעי קדימה לאט, בבקשה

That often sounds less sharp than the bare imperative, depending on tone and context.