אם הקוד לא עובד, תתקשרי למזכירה והיא תשלח קוד חדש.

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Breakdown of אם הקוד לא עובד, תתקשרי למזכירה והיא תשלח קוד חדש.

• היא: she
• ו: and
• לא: not

Questions & Answers about אם הקוד לא עובד, תתקשרי למזכירה והיא תשלח קוד חדש.

Why is תתקשרי used here?

Because the speaker is talking to one female.

תתקשרי is the 2nd person feminine singular form of להתקשר (to call / to phone).

Related forms:

• תתקשר = to one male
• תתקשרי = to one female
• תתקשרו = to more than one person

So this sentence is specifically addressed to a woman.

Why is it תתקשרי and not התקשרי?

Good question. התקשרי is the formal imperative form: Call! said to one woman.

But in modern spoken Hebrew, people very often use the future form instead of the classical imperative:

• תתקשרי = call
• תתקשר = call
• תתקשרו = call

So תתקשרי here is functioning like a command or instruction, even though it is technically a future form.

What does אם do in the sentence?

אם means if.

So:

• אם הקוד לא עובד = if the code doesn’t work

It introduces the condition, just like if in English.

Why isn’t there a separate word for then, as in If the code doesn’t work, then...?