אם תבואי עכשיו, נספיק לשתות קפה לפני הפגישה.

תבואי is 2nd person feminine singular future: you (feminine) will come.

So the speaker is talking to one female.

Compare:

• תבואי = you will come / if you come (to a woman)
• תבוא = you will come / if you come (to a man)

So if the speaker were addressing a man, the sentence would be:

אם תבוא עכשיו, נספיק לשתות קפה לפני הפגישה.

That is a very common difference between English and Hebrew.

In modern Hebrew, when the condition refers to the future, it is normal to use the future tense after אם:

• אם תבואי עכשיו...
• literally: if you will come now...
• natural English: if you come now...

So Hebrew often uses future + future in this kind of sentence:

• אם תבואי עכשיו, נספיק...

Even though English usually avoids will in the if-clause, Hebrew does not.

אם means if.

It introduces a condition:

• אם תבואי עכשיו = if you come now

It is one of the most basic ways to form conditional sentences in Hebrew.

נספיק comes from the verb להספיק, which usually means to manage, to have enough time, or to succeed in doing something in time.

So:

• נספיק לשתות קפה = we’ll have time to drink coffee
• more literally: we’ll manage to drink coffee

This is slightly different from just can.
It does not only mean ability — it means there is enough time/opportunity.

For example:

• נוכל לשתות קפה = we will be able to drink coffee
• נספיק לשתות קפה = we will have enough time to drink coffee / manage to drink coffee

In this sentence, נספיק is the more natural choice.

נספיק is 1st person plural future of להספיק:

• אני אספיק = I will manage / have time
• את תספיקי = you (fem.) will manage / have time
• אנחנו נספיק = we will manage / have time

So here it means we will manage or we’ll have time.

Because להספיק is followed by an infinitive when you say what someone will manage to do.

So:

• נספיק לשתות = we’ll manage to drink
• נספיק לאכול = we’ll manage to eat
• נספיק להגיע = we’ll manage to arrive

Here, לשתות is the infinitive to drink.

Because את marks a definite direct object, and קפה here is indefinite.

So:

• לשתות קפה = to drink coffee
• no את, because it is not the coffee

If it were definite, you would say:

• לשתות את הקפה = to drink the coffee

In this sentence, the meaning is general: drink coffee, not drink the specific coffee.

לפני means before here, and הפגישה means the meeting.

So:

• לפני הפגישה = before the meeting

A useful note: לפני can also mean in front of, depending on context.
But in this sentence it is clearly about time, not location.

Examples:

• לפני הבית = in front of the house
• לפני הפגישה = before the meeting

הפגישה means the meeting, with the definite article ה־.

So the sentence is talking about a specific meeting that both speakers know about.

Compare:

• לפני פגישה = before a meeting
• לפני הפגישה = before the meeting

The comma separates the if-clause from the main clause:

• אם תבואי עכשיו, נספיק לשתות קפה לפני הפגישה.

This is standard and helpful in writing. It makes the structure clearer:

1. condition: אם תבואי עכשיו
2. result: נספיק לשתות קפה לפני הפגישה

In casual writing, people are not always consistent with commas, but this punctuation is normal and correct.

Yes, sometimes the word order can shift, but the original sentence is very natural.

The given order:

• אם תבואי עכשיו, נספיק... means If you come now, we’ll have time...

You could also hear:

• אם עכשיו תבואי, נספיק...

But that sounds more marked or emphatic, as if stressing right now.

For a learner, אם תבואי עכשיו is the best neutral pattern.

Usually yes. נספיק means we will manage / we’ll have time, so it normally includes the speaker and at least one other person.

In this context, it most naturally means something like:

• you and I will have time or
• we all will have time

The exact group depends on context, but grammatically it is simply we.

Yes. Even though it is grammatically a conditional sentence, it can sound like a gentle suggestion or invitation.

Depending on tone, it may imply:

• Come now, and then we’ll still have time for coffee.

So it is not only about timing; it can also be a friendly way to encourage someone to come sooner.

תבואי comes from the verb לבוא = to come.

Its root is usually given as ב־ו־א.

This verb is very common and somewhat irregular, so it is worth memorizing its forms.

Relevant forms:

• לבוא = to come
• אבוא = I will come
• תבוא = you (masc.) will come / she will come
• תבואי = you (fem.) will come
• נבוא = we will come

פגישה means meeting, and it comes from the root פ־ג־ש, which is related to meeting or encountering.

Related words:

• לפגוש = to meet
• נפגש = we will meet / we met, depending on context and form
• פגישה = a meeting

So הפגישה is literally the meeting.

Good question, because Hebrew changes the verb form depending on who is being addressed.

To a man:

• אם תבוא עכשיו, נספיק לשתות קפה לפני הפגישה.

To a group of men / mixed group:

• אם תבואו עכשיו, נספיק לשתות קפה לפני הפגישה.

To a group of women:

• אם תבואנה עכשיו, נספיק לשתות קפה לפני הפגישה.

In everyday modern Hebrew, many speakers avoid some of the older plural feminine forms, but תבואי in the original sentence is clearly singular feminine.