Questions & Answers about אם יש טעות בעותק ששלחת, אני אסרוק את המסמך שוב.
What does אם do at the beginning of the sentence?
אם means if. It introduces the condition: If there is a mistake... Hebrew often does not need a separate word for then, so the sentence can simply continue with the result clause: אני אסרוק את המסמך שוב.
Why does Hebrew use יש here?
יש means there is / there are. So אם יש טעות literally means if there is a mistake.
This is a very common Hebrew structure for existence or presence. Hebrew does not normally use a present-tense form of to be the way English does, so יש is the normal word here.
Why is the first part אם יש in the present, but אסרוק is in the future?
Because the sentence means:
If there is a mistake now / if it turns out that there is a mistake, I will scan the document again.
Hebrew, like English, often uses a present-tense condition with a future result. The idea is that the condition is being checked now, and the action will happen afterward.
If you said אם תהיה טעות, that would shift the meaning toward if there will be a mistake, which is a bit different.
Why is בעותק written as one word?