ראיתי בחור ביציע.

to see

Breakdown of ראיתי בחור ביציע.

• יציע: spectator stand; seating section
• בחור: young man; guy

Questions & Answers about ראיתי בחור ביציע.

How do you pronounce ראיתי בחור ביציע?

A common pronunciation is ra'iti bachur bayatzia.

A more detailed breakdown:

• ראיתי → ra'iti
• בחור → bachur
• ביציע → bayatzia

The ch in bachur is the throaty Hebrew sound, like ח.

What does ראיתי tell me grammatically?

ראיתי is the past tense, first person singular form of the verb לראות (to see).

So it means I saw.

Hebrew often packs the subject into the verb itself, so you do not need a separate word for I here.

Why isn’t there a separate word for I in the sentence?

Because Hebrew verbs usually show the subject clearly.

In ראיתי, the ending -תי tells you the subject is I in the past tense. So אני is unnecessary unless you want emphasis.

Compare:

• ראיתי בחור ביציע = I saw a guy in the stands
• אני ראיתי בחור ביציע = I saw a guy in the stands with extra emphasis on I