Word
בסוף לא ביטלנו; הגענו בזמן ועכשיו אנחנו במקום טוב ליד החלון.
Meaning
In the end we didn’t cancel; we arrived on time, and now we are in a good place near the window.
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Questions & Answers about בסוף לא ביטלנו; הגענו בזמן ועכשיו אנחנו במקום טוב ליד החלון.
Why does בסוף mean in the end / eventually here, and not literally at the end?
בסוף literally can mean at the end, but in everyday Hebrew it very often means in the end, eventually, or after all.
So here:
בסוף לא ביטלנו
= In the end, we didn’t cancel
It gives the sense that maybe cancellation was considered, but that is not what happened after all.
What form is ביטלנו?
ביטלנו means we canceled or we cancelled.
Breakdown:
- ביטל- = the verb stem
- -נו = we
This is a past tense, 1st person plural form.
The dictionary form is לבטל = to cancel.
So:
- ביטלתי = I canceled
- ביטלת = you canceled
- ביטלנו = we canceled
In this sentence, it is negated by לא:
- לא ביטלנו = we didn’t cancel
Why is there no word for it after לא ביטלנו?