אם נחלק את שכר הדירה, יהיה לנו קל יותר.

Because this is a very common Hebrew pattern for real or likely conditions:

• אם + future, future
• If X happens / if we do X, Y will happen

So:

• אם נחלק את שכר הדירה, יהיה לנו קל יותר = If we split the rent, it will be easier for us

In English, the if clause often uses the present tense: If we split... In Hebrew, the future is normal here.

Another example:

• אם תלמד, תצליח = If you study, you will succeed

נחלק is the 1st person plural future form of לחלק, meaning to divide, to split, or sometimes to share out.

So נחלק means:

• we will divide
• we will split

In this sentence, the natural English meaning is we’ll split.

A useful point: without vowel marks, נחלק can look ambiguous on the page, but here the meaning is clearly from לחלק = to split/divide.

Because Hebrew לחלק covers the idea of dividing something into parts, which is exactly what split the rent means.

So:

• לחלק את שכר הדירה = to divide/split the rent

Hebrew does not need a special separate verb here for split financially. The regular verb לחלק works naturally.

את marks a definite direct object.

It does not mean with here, and it usually is not translated into English.

So in:

• נחלק את שכר הדירה

the verb is נחלק and the direct object is שכר הדירה = the rent.

Hebrew uses את because the object is definite.

Compare:

• אני קורא ספר = I’m reading a book
• אני קורא את הספר = I’m reading the book

שכר דירה is the standard Hebrew expression for rent.

Literally, it is something like:

• the payment/wage of the apartment
• more naturally: apartment rent

This is a construct chain in Hebrew. In a construct chain, the first noun usually does not take ה־, and definiteness is often shown on the second noun.

So:

• שכר דירה = rent / apartment rent
• שכר הדירה = the rent

Even though ה־ appears only on דירה, the whole phrase becomes definite.

Literally, it is something like:

• will be to us easier
• or better English word order: will be easier for us

Breakdown:

• יהיה = will be
• לנו = to us / for us
• קל = easy
• יותר = more

So קל יותר = easier.

Because Hebrew often uses masculine singular as the default form in impersonal expressions.

Here, the sentence does not really have a concrete subject like the rent doing the action. It is more like English:

• It will be easier for us

That English it is just a dummy subject, and Hebrew usually does not express that kind of it. Instead, Hebrew uses a default singular form:

• יהיה לנו קל יותר = It will be easier for us

So יהיה is perfectly normal.

Because ל־ in Hebrew often means both to and for, depending on context.

So:

• לנו = to us / for us

With adjectives like קל (easy) and קשה (hard), Hebrew commonly uses this structure:

• קל לי = It’s easy for me
• קשה להם = It’s hard for them
• יהיה לנו קל יותר = It will be easier for us

This is a very common pattern.

Hebrew usually forms the comparative with:

• יותר = more

So:

• קל = easy
• קל יותר = more easy = easier

This is the normal Hebrew way to say comparatives.

More examples:

• גדול יותר = bigger
• מהיר יותר = faster
• טוב יותר = better

So Hebrew does not usually add an -er ending the way English does.

Because Hebrew often omits the kind of dummy it that English requires.

English says:

• It will be easier for us

But Hebrew simply says:

• יהיה לנו קל יותר
• literally: Will be easier for us

This is normal in Hebrew with weather expressions, time expressions, and general impersonal statements.

The given order is natural, but Hebrew allows some flexibility.

You could also say:

• יהיה לנו קל יותר אם נחלק את שכר הדירה

This means the same thing: It will be easier for us if we split the rent.

The original version starts with the condition:

• אם נחלק את שכר הדירה, ...
• If we split the rent, ...

That is very natural and common.

Yes, that idea is understood from context.

If a group says:

• נחלק את שכר הדירה

the normal interpretation is:

• we’ll divide the rent among ourselves
• we’ll each pay part of the rent

Hebrew does not need to add בינינו (between us) unless you want extra emphasis or clarity.

So the sentence sounds complete and natural as it is.