How to Say I'm Running Late in Hebrew

Hebrew changes by who's talking and who they're talking to. Here's exactly how this one works.

Traffic on the Ayalon is not moving and your family is already at the restaurant, so you fire off a quick heads-up.

How it's said

You're a manYou're a woman
אני מאחרani me'acherאני מאחרתani me'acheret

This phrase doesn't change based on who you're texting. Only who's sending it changes the Hebrew here: the addressee's gender never appears in this sentence.

Why this matters

Piel present participle me'acher/me'acheret agrees with speaker gender and number; there is no second-person content anywhere in the phrase.

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