כדאי שתשאלי את הדיירים האחרים אם הם כבר קראו את החוזה.

כדאי means something like advisable, a good idea, or worthwhile.

In this sentence, כדאי ש־... is a very common pattern meaning:

• it’s a good idea that...
• more naturally in English: you should...

So כדאי שתשאלי... is basically you should ask...

It is not a regular verb like to should. It is a separate word used to give advice or make a recommendation.

שתשאלי is made of:

• ש־ = that
• תשאלי = you will ask / you ask (future form, feminine singular)

After כדאי, Hebrew often uses ש־ plus a future-tense verb to express a recommendation.

So literally, כדאי שתשאלי is close to it is advisable that you ask, but in natural English it usually becomes you should ask.

This is a very common structure in Hebrew.

Because the sentence is addressed to one female.

תשאלי is the 2nd person singular feminine future form of לשאול.

Here are the matching forms:

• to one man: כדאי שתשאל
• to one woman: כדאי שתשאלי
• to several people: כדאי שתשאלו

So the ־י ending is telling you the speaker is talking to a woman.

Here את is the definite direct object marker.

It does not mean you here. Hebrew has another את meaning you (feminine singular), but this is not that one.

In this sentence, את appears because הדיירים האחרים is a definite direct object.

So:

• אני רואה דיירים = I see tenants
• אני רואה את הדיירים = I see the tenants

Since the other tenants is a specific, definite group, Hebrew uses את before it.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• דיירים אחרים = other tenants
• הדיירים האחרים = the other tenants

Also, the adjective must match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

Here:

• דיירים is masculine plural
• אחרים is masculine plural
• both are definite, so both get ה־

That is why the phrase is הדיירים האחרים.

Here אם means whether.

It introduces an indirect yes/no question:

• if/whether they already read the contract

This is different from a conditional if such as:

• אם ירד גשם, נישאר בבית = If it rains, we will stay home

In your sentence, אם הם כבר קראו את החוזה means whether they have already read the contract, not a condition.

קראו is past tense, masculine plural, from לקרוא.

So word-for-word it is they read or they already read.

But Hebrew often uses the simple past where English might prefer the present perfect:

• הם כבר קראו = they already read / they have already read

Because of כבר (already) and the context, English usually says have already read.

So the Hebrew past tense can cover meanings that English expresses with either:

• read
• have read

depending on context.

Yes, Hebrew could sometimes leave it out, because the verb form already tells you the subject.

So אם כבר קראו את החוזה can be understood as if/whether they already read the contract.

But הם is often included for clarity, natural rhythm, or emphasis. In this sentence, אם הם כבר קראו את החוזה sounds very natural and explicit.

So:

• אם הם כבר קראו את החוזה = clearer, more explicit
• אם כבר קראו את החוזה = possible if the subject is already clear from context

Yes. קראו can also come from the other meaning of לקרוא, which can mean to call.

So by itself, קראו could mean:

• they read
• they called

But in this sentence, the object את החוזה makes read the obvious meaning, because a contract is something you read.

If Hebrew meant called, the structure would usually look different, such as:

• קראו להם = they called them
• קראו לדיירים = they called to the tenants

So here, קראו את החוזה clearly means read the contract.

החוזה means the contract, while חוזה means a contract.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew word for the.

So:

• חוזה = a contract
• החוזה = the contract

Since the sentence is talking about a specific contract, Hebrew uses החוזה.

And because it is a definite direct object, it also takes את:

• את החוזה

Yes, absolutely.

כדאי לשאול את הדיירים האחרים אם הם כבר קראו את החוזה is also correct.

The difference is mainly this:

• כדאי לשאול... = it is advisable to ask...
• כדאי שתשאלי... = you should ask... / it would be good for you to ask...

So כדאי שתשאלי is more direct and personal, because it addresses a specific person, in this case a woman.

Only the verb שתשאלי would change.

• to a man: כדאי שתשאל את הדיירים האחרים אם הם כבר קראו את החוזה
• to a woman: כדאי שתשאלי את הדיירים האחרים אם הם כבר קראו את החוזה
• to several people: כדאי שתשאלו את הדיירים האחרים אם הם כבר קראו את החוזה

Everything else stays the same.

This is a very common thing to watch for in Hebrew: the verb changes depending on who is being addressed.