הם דיברו על נישואין.

to speak

Breakdown of הם דיברו על נישואין.

• הם: they
• על: about
• נישואין: marriage

Questions & Answers about הם דיברו על נישואין.

How do you pronounce הם דיברו על נישואין?

A common pronunciation is:

hem dibru al nisu'in

A rough breakdown:

• הם = hem
• דיברו = di-BRU
• על = al
• נישואין = ni-su-IN

The stress is usually on the last syllable in דיברו and נישואין.

What does הם mean here?

הם means they.

It is the 3rd person plural pronoun, usually for:

• a masculine plural group, or
• a mixed-gender group

In formal Hebrew, an all-female group would be הן, but in everyday speech many speakers use הם very broadly.

What form is דיברו?

דיברו is the past tense, 3rd person plural form of the verb לדבר, meaning to speak / to talk.

So:

• הוא דיבר = he spoke / talked
• היא דיברה = she spoke / talked
• הם דיברו = they spoke / talked

The ending -ו is a very common past-tense plural ending in Hebrew.

Why is הם written at all if דיברו already shows that the subject is they?