אנחנו מדברים על הסרט שראינו אתמול.

to see

Breakdown of אנחנו מדברים על הסרט שראינו אתמול.

• אנחנו: we
• אתמול: yesterday
• ש: that

Questions & Answers about אנחנו מדברים על הסרט שראינו אתמול.

Where is the word for are in this sentence?

Hebrew usually does not use a separate present-tense form of to be in sentences like this.

So אנחנו מדברים literally looks like we talking, but it means we talk or we are talking.

That means:

• אנחנו מדברים = we speak / we are speaking
• there is no separate word for are

This is very normal in Hebrew present tense.

Why is אנחנו included? Could the sentence just say מדברים על הסרט שראינו אתמול?

Yes, sometimes Hebrew can omit the subject if it is clear from context, but in the present tense the verb form does not clearly show person the way English does.

מדברים can mean something like:

• we are talking
• you all are talking (masculine/mixed plural)
• they are talking (masculine/mixed plural)

So אנחנו is helpful because it makes it clear that the subject is we.

In other words:

• אנחנו מדברים = explicitly we are talking
• מדברים by itself = depends on context

Why is the verb מדברים in this form?