Questions & Answers about אם המשרד קרוב לתחנה, אני לא צריך לקחת את האוטו.
In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not written in the present tense.
So:
- המשרד קרוב לתחנה = The office is close to the station
- literally: the office close to-the-station
This is completely normal Hebrew.
If you wanted past or future, Hebrew would use forms of להיות:
- המשרד היה קרוב לתחנה = the office was close to the station
- המשרד יהיה קרוב לתחנה = the office will be close to the station
אם means if.
It introduces a condition:
- אם המשרד קרוב לתחנה = If the office is close to the station
Then the second part gives the result:
- אני לא צריך לקחת את האוטו = I don’t need to take the car
So the whole sentence has the basic structure:
- If X, then Y
Hebrew often leaves out an explicit word for then, just like English often does.