אם נצא מוקדם, נספיק ללכת בשביל הארוך ולחזור לפני החושך.

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Breakdown of אם נצא מוקדם, נספיק ללכת בשביל הארוך ולחזור לפני החושך.

• ב: on
• ללכת: to walk
• לפני: before

Questions & Answers about אם נצא מוקדם, נספיק ללכת בשביל הארוך ולחזור לפני החושך.

Why are both נצא and נספיק in the future tense?

Because Hebrew normally uses the future tense in both parts of a real future conditional sentence:

• אם נצא מוקדם = if we leave early
• נספיק... = we’ll have time / we’ll manage...

This is different from English, where we usually say If we leave early, we’ll... with present tense after if. In Hebrew, future + future is the normal pattern here.

Could Hebrew use the present tense here instead, like אם אנחנו יוצאים מוקדם?

Sometimes colloquial Hebrew uses the present tense for near-future plans, but in this sentence אם נצא מוקדם is the standard and most natural choice for a specific future condition.

So:

• אם נצא מוקדם = best choice for if we leave early
• אם אנחנו יוצאים מוקדם may sound more like a plan, a routine, or more conversational speech

What exactly does נספיק mean?

נספיק comes from the verb להספיק, which often means:

• to have enough time
• to manage to do something in time
• sometimes to be enough

In this sentence, נספיק ללכת... ולחזור means something like:

• we’ll have enough time to go... and come back
• we’ll manage to go... and return in time

So it is not just simple future action; it includes the idea of enough time.