Learn Hardcore Hebrew: אם הסדק באריח יהיה גדול יותר, נצטרך לקרוא לשיפוצניק. - If the crack in the tile gets bigger, we will need to call the handyman.

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אם הסדק באריח יהיה גדול יותר, נצטרך לקרוא לשיפוצניק.

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If the crack in the tile gets bigger, we will need to call the handyman.

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Breakdown of אם הסדק באריח יהיה גדול יותר, נצטרך לקרוא לשיפוצניק.

Why does Hebrew use יהיה after אם? In English we usually say if the crack gets bigger, not if the crack will be bigger.

That is a very common question.

In Hebrew, after אם meaning if, it is completely normal to use the future tense when the condition refers to the future:

This sounds natural in Hebrew, even though English usually prefers the present tense in the if clause:

So this is one of those places where Hebrew and English structure the sentence differently.

What exactly does יהיה גדול יותר mean? Why not just one word for bigger?