Questions & Answers about אם המרק מלוח מדי, נוסיף לו עוד מים.
אם means if.
This sentence follows a very common Hebrew pattern:
- אם
- condition
- then the result clause
So:
- אם המרק מלוח מדי = if the soup is too salty
- נוסיף לו עוד מים = we’ll add more water to it
Using the future in the main clause after אם is very normal in Hebrew.
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
- מרק = soup
- המרק = the soup
Hebrew uses ה־ when the noun is specific or already known from context. In this sentence, we are talking about a particular soup, not soup in general.