המשפחה שלי תגיע בעוד כחודש ימים

[whenu]

Hello,

What does "המשפחה שלי תגיע בעוד כחודש ימים." mean? Toda raba.

 

[shalom00]

My family will arrive in about a month.

 

[I see you]

Shouldn't that have been "המשפחה שלי תגיע בעוד כחודש." ? What's the point of "yamim" (days)?

 

[slus]

Just a poetic addition, very common.

 

[I see you]

Oh, I see. Thanks.

 

[Ali Smith]

I tried saying ״בעוד כחודשיים ימים״, and an Israeli told me it sounded strange. His words were “נראה לי שכן, אבל זה מוזר”.

 

[slus]

It sounds strange in a normal conversation, because it is mostly something you would expect to find in a book or a poem.

 

[Ali Smith]

My family will arrive in about a month.

How would you translate עוד though? I don't see its equivalent in your translation. My guess is: "My family will arrive in about another month."

 

[bazq]

How would you translate עוד though? I don't see its equivalent in your translation. My guess is: "My family will arrive in about another month."

It works with negation: "My family won't arrive for another month", but is the sentence in the affirmative idiomatic in English? It strikes me as odd.
If not, you can translate "עוד" in this case with "from now", perhaps: "My family will arrive in a month from now".