Breakdown of אנחנו צריכים תאריך מסוים.
Questions & Answers about אנחנו צריכים תאריך מסוים.
Because the subject is אנחנו (we), which is plural. In Hebrew, words like צריך / צריכה / צריכים / צריכות agree with the person’s gender and number.
Here, צריכים is the masculine plural form, so it fits אנחנו when the group is:
- all male, or
- mixed male and female
If the group were all female, you would say:
אנחנו צריכות תאריך מסוים.
In Modern Hebrew, צריך often works like an adjective or participle meaning need / need to, and it changes form to agree with the subject.
So instead of a single fixed verb form for we need, Hebrew commonly says something that is structurally closer to:
- I am needing / in need of
- you are needing
- we are needing
That is why you get:
- אני צריך / צריכה
- אתה צריך
- את צריכה
- אנחנו צריכים / צריכות
So אנחנו צריכים is the normal way to say we need.