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