Questions & Answers about עדיף שתבואי עם סוודר אפור אם קר בחוץ, ועם סנדלים אם חם.
עדיף literally means better / preferable.
In this sentence, עדיף שתבואי... means it’s better that you come... or more naturally in English, you’d better come...
This is a very common Hebrew pattern:
- עדיף ש... = it’s better that...
- כדאי ש... = it’s כדאי / advisable that...
So:
- עדיף שתבואי עם סוודר אפור = It’s better that you come with a gray sweater
Even though English often says you should or you’d better, Hebrew often uses this עדיף ש + verb structure.
The ש at the beginning is short for ש־, meaning that.
So:
- תבואי = you will come / you come
- שתבואי = that you come / that you should come
After עדיף, Hebrew usually uses ש + future-tense verb:
- עדיף שתבואי = it’s better that you come
- עדיף שתישארי = it’s better that you stay
In everyday speech, this is the normal construction.