אם אין לי זמן לחביתה, אני אוכלת רק טוסט ושותה קפה לפני העבודה.

אם means if. It introduces the condition:

• אם אין לי זמן לחביתה = if I don’t have time for an omelet

Hebrew often uses אם just like English uses if. You do not need a separate word for then in the second half.

Hebrew uses יש for there is / I have and אין for there isn’t / I don’t have.

So:

• יש לי זמן = I have time
• אין לי זמן = I don’t have time

Literally, אין לי is something like there is not to me. That is the normal Hebrew way to say I don’t have.
לא יש לי is not standard Modern Hebrew.

Word by word:

• אין = there is not / there isn’t
• לי = to me / for me
• זמן = time

So אין לי זמן literally means there is no time for me, but in natural English it means I don’t have time.

This is a very common Hebrew structure:

• יש לי כסף = I have money
• אין לי כסף = I don’t have money

The ל־ here means for.

• זמן לחביתה = time for an omelet

So:

• אם אין לי זמן לחביתה = if I don’t have time for an omelet

In Hebrew, זמן ל... is a common pattern:

• אין לי זמן לקפה = I don’t have time for coffee
• אין לי זמן לארוחת בוקר = I don’t have time for breakfast

If you want to be more explicit and say time to make an omelet, you could say:

• אין לי זמן להכין חביתה

Because the speaker is female.

In the present tense, Hebrew verbs agree with gender and number:

• אני אוכל = I eat / I am eating — said by a male speaker
• אני אוכלת = I eat / I am eating — said by a female speaker

So this sentence is being said by a woman.

Good question. In unpointed modern Hebrew spelling, שותה can look the same for masculine and feminine singular.

So in this sentence:

• אוכלת clearly shows the speaker is female
• שותה matches that same speaker, even though the spelling does not make the feminine as obvious

With vowel points, the masculine and feminine can be distinguished, but in everyday Hebrew writing without vowel points, context usually tells you.

Because את is used before a definite direct object, not just any direct object.

Here the objects are indefinite/generic:

• טוסט = toast
• קפה = coffee

So you say:

• אני אוכלת טוסט
• אני שותה קפה

But with definite objects, you would use את:

• אני אוכלת את הטוסט = I’m eating the toast
• אני שותה את הקפה = I’m drinking the coffee

רק means only / just.

Here it means that when she does not have time for an omelet, her breakfast is limited to toast and coffee:

• אני אוכלת רק טוסט ושותה קפה

The sense is: I eat only toast and drink coffee.

If you moved רק, the emphasis could shift a little. Word placement with רק often affects what feels emphasized.

This sentence sounds like a habitual or general statement:

• If I don’t have time for an omelet, I only eat toast and drink coffee before work.

That is exactly the kind of thing Hebrew often expresses with the present tense.

So the present tense here means something like:

• Whenever this happens, this is what I do

If you wanted to talk about one future situation, future forms would be more likely, for example:

• אם לא יהיה לי זמן לחביתה, אוכל רק טוסט ואשתה קפה לפני העבודה.

Yes, Hebrew can sometimes leave subject pronouns out, but in the present tense they are often included because the verb does not show person clearly.

So:

• אני אוכלת = I eat
• אוכלת can mean eat / am eating, but without אני, the subject may rely more on context

That is why אני sounds natural here. It makes the sentence clear and complete.

Because Hebrew often uses the definite article in places where English does not.

So:

• לפני העבודה = literally before the work
• but naturally it means before work

This is very normal Hebrew usage. English and Hebrew do not always match in article use.

Yes. חביתה usually means omelet.

So this sentence is specifically talking about not having time for an omelet, not just eggs in general.

For comparison:

• ביצה = egg
• ביצים = eggs
• ביצים מקושקשות = scrambled eggs
• חביתה = omelet

So חביתה is the right word here for a simple omelet-style breakfast.