Questions & Answers about במשרד אמרו שאפשר לגשת לקובץ גם דרך הטלפון וגם דרך המחשב.
במשרד literally means in the office, but in English it often corresponds to at the office.
Hebrew often puts a place expression first to set the scene:
- במשרד אמרו... = At the office, they said...
You could also say אמרו במשרד..., but starting with במשרד gives the location a little more prominence.
This is a very common Hebrew pattern.
אמרו is literally they said, but Hebrew often uses the 3rd person plural as an impersonal form, like:
- they said
- people said
- it was said
So here it does not necessarily mean a specific known group. It can simply mean that this is what was said at the office.
שאפשר is made of two parts:
- ש־ = that
- אפשר = it is possible / one can / can
So:
- אמרו שאפשר... = they said that it’s possible...
- more naturally in English: they said that you can...
A key point: אפשר is an impersonal word. Hebrew does not need a subject like it here. So אפשר by itself already means it is possible.