אם ההצעה הזאת לא טובה, נחפש אפשרות אחרת.

If this suggestion is not good, we will look for another option.

Breakdown of אם ההצעה הזאת לא טובה, נחפש אפשרות אחרת.

• זאת: this
• טוב: good
• לא: not
• אם: if

Questions & Answers about אם ההצעה הזאת לא טובה, נחפש אפשרות אחרת.

What does אם mean here?

Here אם means if and introduces a condition:

• אם ההצעה הזאת לא טובה = if this proposal/suggestion is not good
• נחפש אפשרות אחרת = we will look for another option

So the whole sentence is a standard if ... then ... type of sentence, even though Hebrew does not need a separate word for then here.

Why is it ההצעה הזאת and not just הצעה הזאת?

Because Hebrew usually makes the noun definite when it is followed by this/that.

• הצעה = a proposal / proposal
• ההצעה הזאת = this proposal

So in normal Hebrew, this proposal is expressed with:

• the definite article ה־ on the noun
• plus the demonstrative הזאת

This is different from English, where this already makes the noun definite by itself.

Why is it הזאת? Could it also be זו?