אם תבואי לכנס מחר, אחותי תסיע אותנו לשם לפני העבודה.

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Breakdown of אם תבואי לכנס מחר, אחותי תסיע אותנו לשם לפני העבודה.

• אחות: sister
• ל: to
• לבוא: to come

Questions & Answers about אם תבואי לכנס מחר, אחותי תסיע אותנו לשם לפני העבודה.

Why is תבואי feminine?

Because Hebrew marks gender in the second person singular.

• תבואי = you will come when speaking to one female
• תבוא = you will come when speaking to one male

So this sentence is addressed to a woman or girl. If you were talking to a man, it would be:

אם תבוא לכנס מחר, אחותי תסיע אותנו לשם לפני העבודה.

Why is the verb in the אם clause in the future? In English we usually say if you come, not if you will come.

That is a very common difference between English and Hebrew.

In Hebrew, with a real future condition, it is normal to use the future tense in both parts:

• אם תבואי... = if you come
• אחותי תסיע... = my sister will drive

So Hebrew says literally something closer to if you will come, my sister will drive us, even though natural English does not say it that way.

This is standard Hebrew usage, not a special nuance.

Why isn’t the pronoun את included? Shouldn’t it say אם את תבואי?