אפשר להשתמש במחורר הזה גם בשביל שני הדפים האחרונים?

Here אפשר means it is possible. In everyday English, that often comes out as can.

So אפשר להשתמש...? is literally Is it possible to use...?, but a natural English translation is often Can we use...? or Can I use...?, depending on context.

Hebrew uses this impersonal pattern very often instead of a separate verb meaning can.

Because אפשר is commonly followed by an infinitive.

So the pattern is:

אפשר + infinitive

Examples:

• אפשר לדבר? = Can I speak? / Is it possible to speak?
• אפשר להיכנס? = Can I come in?
• אפשר להשתמש... ? = Can one use... ?

Hebrew does not need a conjugated verb here the way English often does.

Because the verb להשתמש usually takes the preposition ב־.

So Hebrew says:

להשתמש ב... = to use ...

Literally, this is closer to to make use of something.

That is why you get:

• להשתמש במחורר
• not להשתמש מחורר

Also, when ב־ combines with ה־, the ה disappears in writing:

• ב + המחורר = במחורר

So במחורר הזה means with this hole punch / using this hole punch.

In Hebrew, demonstratives like this and that usually come after the noun.

So:

• המחורר הזה = this hole punch
• הספר הזה = this book
• הילדה הזאת = this girl

That is the normal Hebrew order.

In your sentence, because of the preposition ב־, you see במחורר הזה, but the basic structure is still המחורר הזה.

גם means also or too.

בשביל here means for.

So גם בשביל שני הדפים האחרונים means also for the last two pages.

A very literal breakdown is:

• גם = also
• בשביל = for
• שני הדפים האחרונים = the last two pages

In spoken Hebrew, בשביל is a very common everyday way to say for. It can sometimes also mean for the sake of or because of, but here it simply means for.

Because דפים is a masculine plural noun, and Hebrew uses a special form of two before a noun.

Before a masculine noun:

• שני דפים = two pages

Before a feminine noun:

• שתי מחברות = two notebooks

The forms שניים and שתיים are usually used when the number stands more independently, not directly before a noun in this kind of structure.

So here שני is the correct form.

Because the phrase is definite: it means the last two pages, not just two last pages in a vague sense.

In Hebrew number phrases like this, definiteness is usually shown on the noun and the adjective, not on the number itself.

So:

• שני דפים אחרונים = two last pages, more indefinite
• שני הדפים האחרונים = the last two pages, definite

Notice that שני itself does not take ה־ here.

Because אחרונים is an adjective describing דפים, and Hebrew adjectives must agree with the noun in gender and number.

דף is masculine singular.
דפים is masculine plural.

So the adjective must also be masculine plural:

• דפים אחרונים

Compare:

• דף אחרון = last page
• דפים אחרונים = last pages
• מחברת אחרונה = last notebook
• מחברות אחרונות = last notebooks

Very literally, it is:

two the-pages the-last

That sounds strange in English, but it is normal in Hebrew.

The Hebrew order is: number + noun + adjective

So:

• שני הדפים האחרונים = the last two pages
• שלושת הספרים הגדולים = the three big books

English and Hebrew organize this kind of phrase differently, so this is a structure worth getting used to.

Yes, the subject is left unspecified.

That is very common with אפשר. Hebrew is being impersonal here, so the sentence does not explicitly say I, we, or you.

Depending on context, it could be understood as:

• Can I use this hole punch also for the last two pages?
• Can we use this hole punch also for the last two pages?
• Is it possible to use this hole punch also for the last two pages?

English often wants a subject, but Hebrew can leave it open.

דפים are physical sheets/pages, and that fits well with a hole punch, because you physically punch holes in paper.

עמוד often means page in the sense of a numbered page, and it can also mean column. But with a hole punch, דפים sounds especially natural because we are thinking about actual sheets of paper.

So in this context, שני הדפים האחרונים is a very natural choice.