עכשיו אנחנו מקבלים את החשבון ומשלמים.

now

Breakdown of עכשיו אנחנו מקבלים את החשבון ומשלמים.

• ו: and
• את: direct object marker
• אנחנו: we

Questions & Answers about עכשיו אנחנו מקבלים את החשבון ומשלמים.

What does עכשיו mean here, and does it have to be at the beginning?

עכשיו means now or right now. It sets the time frame for the whole sentence.

It does not have to be first, but putting it first is very common in Hebrew:

• עכשיו אנחנו מקבלים את החשבון ומשלמים.
• אנחנו עכשיו מקבלים את החשבון ומשלמים.

Both are possible, but the version with עכשיו first sounds very natural.

Why is אנחנו written explicitly? Don’t the verbs already mean we?

In Hebrew present tense, the verb usually shows gender and number, but not person.

So מקבלים and משלמים by themselves could mean:

• we receive/pay
• you all receive/pay
• they receive/pay

Because of that, אנחנו is useful here to make it clear that the subject is we.

Why are מקבלים and משלמים in masculine plural form?