Word
אם לא נפתור את זה היום, נבקש עזרה מחר.
Meaning
If we do not solve it today, we will ask for help tomorrow.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about אם לא נפתור את זה היום, נבקש עזרה מחר.
Why are נפתור and נבקש both in the future tense?
Because Hebrew often uses the future tense in both parts of a real future condition:
- אם לא נפתור את זה היום = if we don't solve it today
- נבקש עזרה מחר = we'll ask for help tomorrow
This is different from English, where we usually say if we don't solve it today rather than if we won't solve it today. In Hebrew, using the future after אם is completely normal here.
What exactly does אם mean here?
אם means if.
It introduces a condition:
- אם לא נפתור את זה היום = if we don't solve it today
So the whole sentence has the structure:
- condition: if we don't solve it today
- result: we'll ask for help tomorrow
Why is there a לא before נפתור?