Breakdown of אתמול בחרנו מתכון פשוט לעוגה, כי לא היה לנו הרבה זמן.
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No. אתמול is one complete word meaning yesterday. It just happens to begin with the letters את.
So:
- אתמול = yesterday
- את = the marker used before a definite direct object
They are different words.
This also helps explain why there is no separate את before מתכון: מתכון here is indefinite (a recipe), so Hebrew does not use the direct-object marker there.
Hebrew often puts a time word or phrase near the beginning of the sentence, especially to set the scene.
So starting with אתמול is very natural and means something like:
- Yesterday, we chose...
Hebrew word order is fairly flexible. You could also say:
- בחרנו אתמול...
but אתמול בחרנו... sounds very normal and gives the time frame first.