Questions & Answers about אם נצא עכשיו, לא נפספס מקום טוב על הדשא.
Why is נצא in the future tense after אם?
In Hebrew, אם means if, and it is very common to use the future tense after it when talking about a real possibility in the future.
So:
- אם נצא עכשיו = if we leave now
This is different from English, where we usually say if we leave now, not if we will leave now. Hebrew does not follow that English rule here; future forms after אם are normal and natural.
What exactly is נצא?
נצא is the 1st person plural future form of the verb לצאת (to go out / to leave).
So:
- לצאת = to leave / to go out
- נצא = we will leave / we will go out
The נ- at the beginning often marks we in the future tense.
Why isn’t the pronoun אנחנו included?