How to Say I'm So Happy for You in Hebrew

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

Your sister-in-law just got into the program she wanted, and you want to congratulate her in Hebrew that actually sounds like you mean it.

How it's said

Texting a manTexting a woman
You're a manאני כל כך שמח בשבילךani kol kach same'ach bishvilchaאני כל כך שמח בשבילךani kol kach same'ach bishvilech
You're a womanאני כל כך שמחה בשבילךani kol kach smecha bishvilchaאני כל כך שמחה בשבילךani kol kach smecha bishvilech

Written Hebrew: this message is spelled identically whether you're sending it to a man or a woman. That's genuinely how Hebrew works without vowel points, not a simplification. Say it out loud, though, and it splits in two: bishvilcha to a man, bishvilech to a woman.

Why this matters

The adjective same'ach/smecha agrees with speaker gender; the suffixed preposition בשבילך carries addressee gender in pronunciation only, not in unvocalized spelling.

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