Breakdown of אם תמצאי את הקישור הנכון, המשימה תהיה פשוטה יותר ויהיה אפשר לשלוח את הקובץ מהר.
ו
and
את
direct object marker
להיות
to be
אם
if
Questions & Answers about אם תמצאי את הקישור הנכון, המשימה תהיה פשוטה יותר ויהיה אפשר לשלוח את הקובץ מהר.
Why does תמצאי mean you will find, and who is it talking to?
תמצאי is the future tense, second person feminine singular form of the verb למצוא (to find).
So it is talking to one female person and means you will find.
A few related forms are:
- תמצא = you will find (to one male)
- תמצאי = you will find (to one female)
- אמצא = I will find
- ימצא = he will find
- תמצאנה / תמצאו etc. = plural forms
In this sentence, the speaker is specifically addressing a woman.
Why is the sentence introduced by אם?
אם means if.
It introduces a condition:
- אם תמצאי את הקישור הנכון = if you find the right link
Hebrew uses אם very straightforwardly for conditional sentences, much like English if.
Notice that after אם, Hebrew often uses the future tense when English might also use a present tense in some contexts. So Hebrew naturally says:
- אם תמצאי = literally if you will find, but in natural English we usually translate it as if you find