הנהגת אומרת שאין פקק, ולכן הנסיעה תהיה קצרה יותר אם יהיה מספיק דלק.

הנהגת is the feminine singular form of driver with the definite article built in.

• נהג = a male driver
• נהגת = a female driver
• הנהגת = the female driver

In Hebrew, the word ה־ at the beginning means the. So הנהגת is literally the driver referring to a woman.

The subject is הנהגת, which is feminine singular, so the present-tense verb must agree with it.

• אומר = says / is saying (masculine singular)
• אומרת = says / is saying (feminine singular)

So הנהגת אומרת means the female driver says.

The ש here is a shortened form of ש־, meaning that.

So:

• אומרת ש... = says that...

In this sentence:

• הנהגת אומרת שאין פקק
• The driver says that there is no traffic jam

This ש־ is extremely common in Hebrew after verbs like say, think, know, see, etc.

Hebrew often uses אין to mean there is no / there are no / does not have, depending on context.

So:

• יש פקק = there is a traffic jam
• אין פקק = there is no traffic jam

This is a very common Hebrew pattern. In the present tense, Hebrew often does not use a separate word for is/are in sentences like this.

Here פקק means traffic jam.

The word can also mean cork or stopper in other contexts, but in everyday modern Hebrew, פקק very commonly means a traffic jam.

So:

• יש פקק = there’s a traffic jam
• אין פקק = there isn’t a traffic jam

ולכן means and therefore / therefore / so.

It is made of:

• ו־ = and
• לכן = therefore

Hebrew often uses ו־ at the beginning of words where English might just start a new clause with so or therefore.

So here:

• ולכן הנסיעה תהיה קצרה יותר
• and therefore the trip will be shorter
• more naturally in English: so the trip will be shorter

The noun נסיעה (trip, ride, journey) is feminine. You can often recognize many feminine nouns by the ending ־ה or ־ית, though not always.

Because נסיעה is feminine singular:

• הנסיעה = the trip / the ride
• the future verb must match it: תהיה

So הנסיעה תהיה means the trip will be.

Because הנסיעה is feminine singular.

In the future tense of to be, Hebrew marks gender:

• יהיה = he/it will be (masculine)
• תהיה = she/it will be (feminine)

Since נסיעה is a feminine noun, Hebrew uses תהיה:

• הנסיעה תהיה קצרה יותר
• the trip will be shorter

Even though English uses it, Hebrew nouns still have grammatical gender.

קצרה is the feminine singular form of short because it describes הנסיעה, which is feminine singular.

• קצר = short (masculine singular)
• קצרה = short (feminine singular)

יותר means more, and together they form the comparative:

• קצרה יותר = shorter
• literally: more short

So Hebrew often forms comparatives as:

• adjective + יותר

Examples:

• גדול יותר = bigger
• מהירה יותר = faster
• קצרה יותר = shorter

This means if there will be enough fuel, which is the natural Hebrew way to say if there is enough fuel in a future-oriented condition.

Breakdown:

• אם = if
• יהיה = there will be / it will be
• מספיק = enough
• דלק = fuel

So literally:

• if there will be enough fuel

But in natural English:

• if there is enough fuel

Hebrew often uses the future tense after אם when talking about a future possibility.

Here יהיה is not agreeing with דלק in the same way an adjective or a normal predicate might. In expressions like יהיה מספיק... meaning there will be enough..., יהיה is commonly used in this impersonal/existential way.

So:

• יהיה מספיק דלק = there will be enough fuel

Also, מספיק here functions like enough, not like a regular adjective that has to change to feminine.

דלק means fuel.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• gasoline / petrol
• fuel in general

In this sentence, if there is enough fuel is the safest translation. If the context is specifically a car, it may feel like enough gas/petrol.

The sentence has three parts:

1. הנהגת אומרת שאין פקק

   • The driver says that there is no traffic jam

2. ולכן הנסיעה תהיה קצרה יותר

   • so the trip will be shorter

3. אם יהיה מספיק דלק

   • if there is enough fuel

So the full logic is:

• The driver says there’s no traffic jam,
• so the trip will be shorter,
• if there’s enough fuel.

Hebrew word order here is quite normal: statement, consequence, then condition.

Yes. Hebrew is fairly flexible with clause order, especially with condition clauses.

For example, you could also say:

• אם יהיה מספיק דלק, הנסיעה תהיה קצרה יותר.

That means:

• If there is enough fuel, the trip will be shorter.

In the original sentence, the condition comes at the end, which is also very natural.

It uses both.

• אומרת = present tense, says / is saying
• אין = present-time existence, there is no
• תהיה = future, will be
• יהיה = future, will be / there will be

So the driver is speaking now about a current situation (there is no traffic jam) and a future result (the trip will be shorter if there is enough fuel).