Questions & Answers about Wir beschließen das heute.
Because German main clauses normally follow the verb-second rule. That means the finite verb comes in position 2.
In Wir beschließen das heute:
- Wir = position 1
- beschließen = position 2
- das heute = the rest of the sentence
This is one of the most important basic word-order patterns in German.
It is in the present tense.
German present tense often covers both:
- simple present: We decide that today
- near future: We’ll decide that today / We are deciding that today
German very often uses the present tense where English might prefer will or going to, especially when a time word like heute already makes the timing clear.