עוד לא החלטתי מה לעשות אחרי העבודה.

I still haven’t decided what to do after work.

Breakdown of עוד לא החלטתי מה לעשות אחרי העבודה.

• לא: not
• מה: what
• אחרי: after
• עבודה: work

Questions & Answers about עוד לא החלטתי מה לעשות אחרי העבודה.

Why is החלטתי in the past tense if the meaning is I haven’t decided yet?

This is very normal in Hebrew.

Hebrew often uses a past-tense verb + עוד לא / עדיין לא to express what English often says with the present perfect:

• עוד לא החלטתי = I haven’t decided yet
• עוד לא אכלתי = I haven’t eaten yet
• עוד לא ראיתי = I haven’t seen yet

So even though החלטתי literally looks like I decided, the whole phrase עוד לא החלטתי means I still haven’t decided / I haven’t decided yet.

What does עוד לא mean here?

Here עוד לא means not yet or still not.

By itself, עוד can mean more, another, or still/yet, depending on context. In the combination עוד לא, it very often means:

• not yet
• still haven’t / still hasn’t

So:

• עוד לא החלטתי = I haven’t decided yet

A native English speaker may expect something more directly like yet not, but in Hebrew עוד לא is the natural order.

Could I also say עדיין לא החלטתי?