Word
אם השיעור מתחיל בחמש וחצי, אני אבוא מוקדם.
Meaning
If the lesson starts at five thirty, I will come early.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about אם השיעור מתחיל בחמש וחצי, אני אבוא מוקדם.
Why does the sentence start with אם?
אם means if.
It introduces a condition, just like if in English:
- אם השיעור מתחיל... = If the lesson starts...
Very often, אם is the basic word you will use for if in Hebrew.
Why is it השיעור and not just שיעור?
The ה at the beginning is the definite article, meaning the.
So:
- שיעור = a lesson / lesson
- השיעור = the lesson
Hebrew attaches the directly to the noun, instead of writing it as a separate word.
Why is it מתחיל and not a future form after אם?