אנחנו לומדים היסטוריה בבית הספר.

In Modern Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So אנחנו לומדים literally looks like we studying, but it naturally means we study or we are studying.

Hebrew does use forms of to be in the past and future, but not normally in simple present-tense sentences like this one.

Because the subject אנחנו means we, so the verb has to be plural.

Hebrew present-tense verb forms agree with the subject in number and gender:

• לומד = masculine singular
• לומדת = feminine singular
• לומדים = masculine plural / mixed-gender plural
• לומדות = feminine plural

Since אנחנו is plural, you need either לומדים or לומדות, not לומד.

Yes, if the group is entirely female.

With אנחנו, Hebrew often uses:

• אנחנו לומדים for a group of males, or a mixed group, or when gender is unspecified
• אנחנו לומדות for a group of females only

So the sentence as written suggests either a mixed group or uses the masculine plural as the default form.

Yes. In Modern Hebrew, these present-tense forms function as the normal present-tense verb forms.

So לומדים means study / are studying here.

Historically, these forms are related to participles, which is why learners sometimes hear that Hebrew present tense uses participles. That is true historically, but in everyday learning it is perfectly fine to think of לומדים as the present-tense verb form of ללמוד (to study / to learn).

Because את is used before a definite direct object.

Here, היסטוריה means the subject history in a general sense, not the history of something specific. So Hebrew does not use את here.

Compare:

• לומדים היסטוריה = studying history
• לומדים את ההיסטוריה של רומא = studying the history of Rome

In the second example, the object is definite, so את appears.

Because it is being used as the name of a school subject, in a general sense: history.

In Hebrew, when you talk about studying a subject, you usually use the noun without the definite article:

• לומדים מתמטיקה
• לומדים אנגלית
• לומדים היסטוריה

If you added ה־, it would sound more specific: the history, not just history as a subject.

Sometimes, yes.

Hebrew often drops subject pronouns when the meaning is clear from context. So לומדים היסטוריה בבית הספר can work in conversation.

However, there is an important detail: לומדים by itself can also mean they study. In the present tense, this form does not show person clearly by itself; it mainly shows gender and number.

So אנחנו is helpful because it makes it clear that the subject is we, not they.

בית הספר is the normal Hebrew expression for the school.

Literally, it comes from an older structure meaning something like house of the book. This is a very common Hebrew noun pattern called a construct chain.

The basic indefinite form is:

• בית ספר = a school

The definite form is:

• בית הספר = the school

A key rule is that in this kind of structure, the definite article usually appears on the second word, not the first. That is why Hebrew says בית הספר, not הבית ספר.

Because Hebrew often attaches short prepositions directly to the next word.

Here:

• ב־ = in / at
• בית הספר = the school

So:

• בבית הספר = in the school / at school

This is very normal in Hebrew. Other common attached prepositions are:

• ל־ = to
• כ־ = as / like
• מ־ = from

Because Hebrew and English do not always use definiteness in the same way.

In Hebrew, בבית הספר is a very natural way to say at school or in school in many contexts. The phrase refers to the school as a known institution or familiar place.

So even though the Hebrew form is literally closer to in the school, the natural English translation is often simply at school.

Roughly:

be-VEYT ha-SE-fer

A more careful transliteration is:

be-veit ha-sefer

And the whole sentence can be pronounced roughly as:

a-NAKH-nu lom-DIM his-TO-ria be-veit ha-SE-fer

Pronunciation will vary a little by speaker, but that is a good learner-friendly approximation.

Yes. Hebrew word order is fairly flexible.

אנחנו לומדים היסטוריה בבית הספר is a neutral, straightforward order: subject + verb + object + place.

But you could also say:

• בבית הספר אנחנו לומדים היסטוריה = emphasizes at school
• היסטוריה אנחנו לומדים בבית הספר = emphasizes history

The original sentence is the most neutral and natural for a beginner to learn first.

It can cover both ideas, depending on context.

The verb ללמוד can mean:

• to study
• to learn

In this sentence, because the object is a school subject, English usually prefers study:

• We study history at school

But in other contexts, learn might be the better translation.