Questions & Answers about אנחנו מסכימים שהסרט הזה טוב יותר מהסרט שראינו אתמול.
Why is אנחנו included? Doesn't Hebrew often leave subject pronouns out?
Often it does, but in the present tense Hebrew verbs do not clearly show person the way past and future verbs do.
- מסכימים tells you masculine plural
- but it could mean we agree, you (plural masculine) agree, or they agree
So אנחנו is helpful because it makes the subject explicitly we.
If the context were very clear, Hebrew might still drop it, but אנחנו מסכימים is perfectly natural.
What exactly is מסכימים?
מסכימים is the masculine plural present-tense form of the verb להסכים, to agree.
Here it matches אנחנו because the speakers are either:
- a mixed group, or
- an all-male group
If the speakers were all female, it would be:
- אנחנו מסכימות
In English we say we agree, but in Hebrew the present tense is built from forms like מסכים / מסכימה / מסכימים / מסכימות.
Can אנחנו מסכימים mean both we agree and we are agreeing?