Questions & Answers about אם יש זמן, נלך למסעדה, ואחר כך נלך הביתה.
What does אם mean here, and how is it used?
אם means if here.
A native English speaker may also see אם used for whether in other sentences, but in this sentence it is clearly introducing a condition: if there is time.
It is pronounced im.
What does יש זמן literally mean?
Literally, יש זמן means there is time.
Hebrew often uses יש for existence:
- יש = there is / there are
- אין = there isn’t / there aren’t
So:
- יש זמן = there is time
- אין זמן = there is no time
In natural English, this often becomes there is time, we have time, or if there’s time, depending on context.
Why isn’t there a separate word for we in the sentence?