Breakdown of לא משנה מתי יהיה המועד הסופי, אני אבוא.
אני
I
לבוא
to come
להיות
to be
לא משנה מתיlo meshaneh matai
no matter when
Questions & Answers about לא משנה מתי יהיה המועד הסופי, אני אבוא.
What does לא משנה mean here? Is it literal?
In this sentence, לא משנה is a very common Hebrew expression meaning it doesn't matter or no matter.
Literally, it comes from the verb לשנות in the sense of to make a difference / to matter. So לא משנה is essentially it does not matter.
In this sentence, לא משנה מתי... means no matter when...
Why does the sentence use יהיה? Why not a present-tense form?
יהיה is the future tense of להיות (to be), third person masculine singular: he/it will be.
Hebrew often uses the future here because the sentence is talking about something that has not been determined yet:
- מתי יהיה המועד הסופי = when the final date/time will be
So even though English sometimes uses present tense in similar clauses, Hebrew naturally uses the future here.
What does מתי יהיה המועד הסופי mean grammatically?