Questions & Answers about אם תשתמשי בפטיש הגדול הזה, את יכולה לפגוע בקיר.
Why are the verbs and pronoun feminine singular here?
Because the sentence is addressed to one female person.
You can see that in three places:
- תשתמשי = you will use / you use (feminine singular)
- את = you (feminine singular)
- יכולה = can / able to (feminine singular)
If you were speaking to a man, you would say:
אם תשתמש בפטיש הגדול הזה, אתה יכול לפגוע בקיר.
So this sentence is specifically talking to a woman.
What does אם mean, and how is it used here?
אם means if.
It introduces a condition:
- אם תשתמשי... = if you use...
This is very common in Hebrew. Just like in English, אם starts the if-clause.
So the sentence structure is:
- אם תשתמשי בפטיש הגדול הזה = if you use this big hammer
- את יכולה לפגוע בקיר = you can damage/hit the wall
Why is תשתמשי in a future form if the English meaning is just if you use?