אם נקדים את הפגישה, יהיה לנו זמן לשתות קפה לפני העבודה.

אם means if. It introduces a condition:

• אם נקדים את הפגישה = if we move the meeting earlier / if we make the meeting earlier
• יהיה לנו זמן... = we will have time...

So the whole sentence is a standard if-clause + result clause structure.

This is a very common and important difference between Hebrew and English.

In Hebrew, after אם referring to a real future possibility, you often use the future tense:

• אם נקדים... = if we move earlier...
• literally, it looks like if we will move earlier, but that is normal Hebrew

English usually avoids future tense after if, but Hebrew does not. So this is natural Hebrew grammar, not a mistake.

נקדים comes from the root ק-ד-ם, which is connected to preceding, coming before, moving earlier.

Here נקדים means:

• we will move earlier
• we will bring forward
• we will advance (the time of)

In this sentence, because the object is את הפגישה (the meeting), the meaning is:

• we will move the meeting earlier
• we will bring the meeting forward

So אם נקדים את הפגישה means if we move the meeting to an earlier time.

את marks a definite direct object in Hebrew.

Here:

• נקדים = we will move earlier / bring forward
• את הפגישה = the meeting as the direct object

Because הפגישה has ה- (the), it is definite, so Hebrew uses את.

Compare:

• נקדים פגישה = we’ll move a meeting earlier / we’ll schedule a meeting earlier
• נקדים את הפגישה = we’ll move the meeting earlier

So את does not itself mean anything like to or the; it is a grammatical marker of a definite object.

In Hebrew, verb forms often already include the subject.

נקדים is the 1st person plural future form, so it already means we will move earlier / we will bring forward.

You do not need to add אנחנו unless you want emphasis or contrast.

So:

• נקדים את הפגישה = we will move the meeting earlier
• אנחנו נקדים את הפגישה = we will move the meeting earlier (more emphasis)

יהיה לנו זמן is the most natural word order.

Breakdown:

• יהיה = there will be / will be
• לנו = for us / to us
• זמן = time

Hebrew often expresses we will have time literally as there will be time for us.

So:

• יהיה לנו זמן = we will have time

The order יהיה זמן לנו is much less natural in ordinary speech.

Hebrew often uses a structure like there is / there will be to someone to express possession.

So instead of saying we will have time with a separate verb like English have, Hebrew says:

• יהיה לנו זמן = literally there will be time for us

This same pattern appears everywhere:

• יש לי ספר = I have a book
  literally: there is to me a book
• אין לנו כסף = we don’t have money
• יהיה להם מקום = they will have space

So this sentence uses a very normal possession pattern.

לשתות is the infinitive, meaning to drink.

After זמן (time), Hebrew commonly uses an infinitive to say what there is time to do:

• זמן לשתות קפה = time to drink coffee
• זמן לאכול = time to eat
• זמן לנוח = time to rest

So:

• יהיה לנו זמן לשתות קפה = we will have time to drink coffee

Literally, לשתות קפה means to drink coffee.

But in natural translation, depending on context, it can also correspond to English to have coffee. In this sentence, both are reasonable in English:

• we’ll have time to drink coffee
• we’ll have time to have coffee

The Hebrew itself is simply the literal verb to drink.

לפני means before.

So:

• לפני העבודה = before work / before the work

Here העבודה literally means the work, but in many contexts Hebrew uses העבודה where English simply says work.

So the natural translation is:

• before work

Hebrew often uses the definite article in places where English does not.

So העבודה literally is the work, but in context it can naturally mean:

• work
• the workday
• the job / work period

After לפני, Hebrew commonly says לפני העבודה, and English naturally translates that as before work, not necessarily before the work.

This is a normal difference between the two languages, not something you need to translate word-for-word.

Not really. נקדים את הפגישה specifically means we move the meeting itself to an earlier time.

If you wanted to say if we arrive early to the meeting, Hebrew would use a different verb, for example something based on להגיע (to arrive).

So this sentence is about changing the time of the meeting, not about our arrival time.

Yes. It is a very common Hebrew pattern:

• אם + future verb, then
• future/result clause

Here:

• אם נקדים את הפגישה = if we move the meeting earlier
• יהיה לנו זמן לשתות קפה לפני העבודה = we’ll have time to drink coffee before work

So this is a useful model you can reuse:

• אם נצא עכשיו, נגיע בזמן.
  If we leave now, we’ll arrive on time.
• אם נתחיל מוקדם, נסיים מוקדם.
  If we start early, we’ll finish early.

Your sentence follows this exact kind of everyday Hebrew structure.