אנחנו צריכים לבצע את התוכנית.

צריכים means need / are required to, and it agrees with the subject אנחנו (we).

In Hebrew, צריך changes for gender and number:

• אני צריך = I need (male speaker)
• אני צריכה = I need (female speaker)
• אנחנו צריכים = we need (mixed group or all males)
• אנחנו צריכות = we need (all females)

So in אנחנו צריכים לבצע את התוכנית, the form צריכים shows that the speaker is talking about we in the plural masculine/mixed form.

Yes, often it can.

Because צריכים already shows plural, Hebrew can often omit the subject when it is clear from context:

• צריכים לבצע את התוכנית. = We need to carry out the plan.

However, אנחנו is often kept for clarity, emphasis, or because it sounds more natural in a given context.

So:

• אנחנו צריכים לבצע את התוכנית = perfectly normal
• צריכים לבצע את התוכנית = also possible, depending on context

In Hebrew, the infinitive usually already includes the idea of to.

Here, לבצע means to carry out / to perform / to execute.

It is made of:

• ל־ = the prefix that usually marks the infinitive
• בצע = the root/base idea

So צריכים לבצע literally works like need to carry out.

This is very common in Hebrew:

• רוצה לאכול = wants to eat
• צריך ללמוד = needs to study
• יכולים לבוא = can come

לבצע usually means to carry out, to perform, or to execute.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• carry out the plan
• implement the plan
• execute the plan

It is more formal and specific than a very general verb like לעשות (to do / to make).

For example:

• לעשות את התוכנית might sound vague or less natural in many contexts.
• לבצע את התוכנית sounds like actually putting the plan into action.

את is the marker of a definite direct object.

Since התוכנית means the plan / the program, it is definite because it has ה־ (the) at the beginning.

So Hebrew uses את before it:

• לבצע את התוכנית = to carry out the plan

Compare:

• לבצע תוכנית = to carry out a plan
• לבצע את התוכנית = to carry out the plan

Important: את usually does not get translated into English. It is a grammatical marker, not a meaning word like with or to.

תוכנית can mean either plan or program, depending on context.

Common meanings include:

• plan
• program
• scheme
• sometimes even show/broadcast in media contexts

So התוכנית could mean:

• the plan
• the program

In your sentence, because of לבצע (carry out / implement), the plan is probably the most natural meaning.

It is pronounced approximately ha-tokh-NIT.

A rough breakdown:

• ה = ha
• תו = to
• כ = a throaty kh sound, like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch
• נית = nit

So the whole word is roughly:

ha-tokh-NIT

And the full sentence is roughly:

a-NAKH-nu tsri-KHIM le-va-TSE-a et ha-tokh-NIT

Yes, but this is the most straightforward word order.

The sentence follows a very common Hebrew pattern:

subject + need + infinitive + object

So:

• אנחנו = we
• צריכים = need
• לבצע = to carry out
• את התוכנית = the plan

You may also hear other word orders for emphasis, for example:

• את התוכנית אנחנו צריכים לבצע
  = The plan is what we need to carry out

This sounds more emphatic or contrastive. The original order is the neutral, standard one.

Both can be translated as need to / have to, but they are not exactly the same.

• צריכים = need to, it is necessary to
• חייבים = must, have to, often stronger

Compare:

• אנחנו צריכים לבצע את התוכנית
  = We need to carry out the plan

• אנחנו חייבים לבצע את התוכנית
  = We must carry out the plan

So חייבים usually sounds more urgent, obligatory, or forceful.

This is a very common learner question, because it behaves a little differently from English.

צריך / צריכה / צריכים / צריכות is often taught as need, but grammatically it behaves more like an adjective or participle in many contexts, agreeing with the subject in gender and number.

That is why you get forms like:

• צריך
• צריכה
• צריכים
• צריכות

But in practice, learners can safely think of it as the usual way to say need to in the present.

For past and future, Hebrew often uses forms of היה with צריך:

• היינו צריכים לבצע את התוכנית = we needed to carry out the plan
• נצטרך לבצע את התוכנית = we will need to carry out the plan

Then צריכים would change to צריכות.

So the sentence would be:

אנחנו צריכות לבצע את התוכנית.

Everything else stays the same.

Compare:

• אנחנו צריכים לבצע את התוכנית. = we need to carry out the plan (mixed/all male)
• אנחנו צריכות לבצע את התוכנית. = we need to carry out the plan (all female)

Yes, depending on the exact meaning.

Possible alternatives include:

• ליישם את התוכנית = to implement the plan

  • often used for policies, ideas, systems, methods

• להוציא לפועל את התוכנית = to put the plan into effect

  • very idiomatic for carry out the plan

• לעשות את התוכנית = to do the plan

  • understandable, but often less natural or less precise

So לבצע is a good, natural choice when you mean execute/carry out.

Depending on context, several translations are possible:

• We need to carry out the plan.
• We need to implement the plan.
• We need to execute the plan.
• We need to put the plan into action.

The Hebrew sentence is slightly formal because of לבצע, so carry out or implement is often a very good match.