אם הפעמון לא עובד, תתקשרי אליי כשתגיעי.

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Breakdown of אם הפעמון לא עובד, תתקשרי אליי כשתגיעי.

• לעבוד: to work
• אם: if
• כש: when

Questions & Answers about אם הפעמון לא עובד, תתקשרי אליי כשתגיעי.

Why do the verbs end with -י in תתקשרי and תגיעי?

Because the sentence is addressed to one female person.

Both תתקשרי and תגיעי are 2nd person feminine singular forms.

• תתקשרי = you (feminine singular) will call / call
• תגיעי = you (feminine singular) will arrive

If you were talking to a man, you would say:

• תתקשר
• כשתגיע

If you were talking to more than one person, you would usually say:

• תתקשרו
• כשתגיעו

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Why is there no separate word for you in the sentence?

Hebrew usually doesn’t need subject pronouns like you, I, she, etc., because the verb form already shows who the subject is.

So תתקשרי already means you (feminine singular) call / will call, and תגיעי already means you (feminine singular) arrive / will arrive.

You could add את for emphasis:

• אם הפעמון לא עובד, את תתקשרי אליי כשתגיעי.

But normally that sounds unnecessary unless you want contrast or emphasis.

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Why is תתקשרי a future form if the meaning is basically a command: call me?