אם אין לך זמן, אני אלך לבד.

If you don't have time, I will go alone.

Breakdown of אם אין לך זמן, אני אלך לבד.

• אני: I
• אין: there is no
• לך: to you
• ללכת: to go

Questions & Answers about אם אין לך זמן, אני אלך לבד.

What does אם mean here?

Here אם means if.

It introduces a condition:

• אם אין לך זמן = if you don't have time

Hebrew אם can also mean whether in other contexts, but in this sentence it clearly means if.

Why does Hebrew say אין לך זמן instead of something more like you don't have time?

Because Hebrew usually expresses having with יש/אין, not with a separate verb meaning to have.

So:

• יש לי זמן = literally there is time for me = I have time
• אין לי זמן = literally there isn't time for me = I don't have time

So אין לך זמן is the normal Hebrew way to say you don't have time.

Why is it אין and not לא?