אם תרצו, אחרי המסיבה נוכל להישאר במרפסת ולדבר עוד קצת.

to want

Breakdown of אם תרצו, אחרי המסיבה נוכל להישאר במרפסת ולדבר עוד קצת.

• ו: and
• ב: on
• להיות יכול: to be able

Questions & Answers about אם תרצו, אחרי המסיבה נוכל להישאר במרפסת ולדבר עוד קצת.

Why is תרצו in the future tense? In English we usually say if you want, not if you will want.

That is a very common question. In Hebrew, after אם meaning if, it is very natural to use the future tense when talking about a possible future situation.

So:

• אם תרצו = if you want / if you’d like
• literally, it is future in form
• naturally, it translates into English as if you want or if you’d like, not if you will want

Hebrew and English do not always match tense-for-tense in conditional sentences.

What exactly does אם mean here?

אם here means if.

It introduces a condition:

• אם תרצו = if you want
• then the rest of the sentence gives the result or suggestion

Be careful: אם can also mean whether in other contexts, but here it is clearly the conditional if.

Who is תרצו talking to?