אם הילדים יבואו, ניקח עוד חטיפים ומיץ.

If the children come, we’ll take more snacks and juice.

Breakdown of אם הילדים יבואו, ניקח עוד חטיפים ומיץ.

• ו: and
• לבוא: to come
• אם: if
• ילד: child

Questions & Answers about אם הילדים יבואו, ניקח עוד חטיפים ומיץ.

Why are both verbs in the future tense after אם?

Because in Hebrew, a real future condition usually uses the future tense in both parts of the sentence:

• אם הילדים יבואו = if the children come / if the children will come
• ניקח עוד חטיפים ומיץ = we’ll take more snacks and juice

This is different from English, where we normally say If the children come, we’ll take... and not if the children will come.

So in Hebrew, future + future is normal here.

What exactly is אם doing here?

אם means if.

It introduces the condition:

• אם הילדים יבואו = if the children come

Then the second clause gives the result:

• ניקח עוד חטיפים ומיץ = we’ll take more snacks and juice

So the whole structure is:

• אם
  • condition
• result

This is a very common Hebrew pattern.

Why is it יבואו with הילדים?