אנחנו מתכננים טיול קצר לסוף השבוע, אבל עוד לא החלטנו לאן לנסוע.

Hebrew often allows the subject pronoun to be omitted, because the verb form already gives person and number.

• מתכננים already means we are planning
• החלטנו already means we decided / have decided

So the sentence could also begin with מתכננים טיול קצר... and still be understood.

Adding אנחנו makes the subject explicit. It can sound a bit clearer, more natural in some contexts, or slightly emphasize we.

מתכננים is the Hebrew present-tense form meaning planning. Hebrew does not usually use a separate word equivalent to English am/is/are in the present tense.

So:

• אנחנו מתכננים = we are planning
• literally, it is more like we planning

This is normal in Hebrew. Present tense often works without a present-tense form of to be.

Also, מתכננים is the masculine plural present form. It agrees with אנחנו when the group is all male or mixed. If the group were all female, you would usually say:

• אנחנו מתכננות

In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• טיול קצר = a short trip
• noun: טיול = trip
• adjective: קצר = short

This is the normal Hebrew order.

Also, the adjective must agree with the noun in gender and number:

• טיול קצר = a short trip (masculine singular)
• טיולים קצרים = short trips (masculine plural)
• חופשה קצרה = a short vacation (feminine singular)

The prefix ל־ usually means to or for. In this sentence, לסוף השבוע means something like for the weekend.

Breakdown:

• ל־ = to / for
• סוף השבוע = the weekend / end of the week

Because השבוע has ה־ (the), the ל־ and ה־ combine:

• ל + ה → לַ / לֶ / לְ in writing with no vowel marks usually just ל
• so לסוף השבוע = for the weekend

This is very common in Hebrew:

• לבית = to the house / home
• למלון = to the hotel
• לשבוע הבא = for next week / to next week, depending on context

Yes. Literally:

• סוף = end
• השבוע = the week

So סוף השבוע literally means the end of the week, but in everyday Hebrew it is the normal way to say the weekend.

So:

• טיול קצר לסוף השבוע = a short trip for the weekend

לא simply means not.

עוד לא means not yet.

So:

• לא החלטנו = we did not decide / we haven’t decided
• עוד לא החלטנו = we haven’t decided yet

The word עוד often means still, more, yet, depending on context. In this phrase, it gives the idea that the decision may still happen later.

This is a very common expression:

• עוד לא אכלתי = I haven’t eaten yet
• עוד לא ראינו = we haven’t seen yet

Great question. Hebrew often uses a past form where English uses the present perfect.

• החלטנו literally = we decided
• עוד לא החלטנו literally = we still not decided
• natural English: we haven’t decided yet

So this is a normal difference between the two languages. Hebrew does not form the present perfect the same way English does.

לאן means to where or simply where ... to.

In this sentence:

• לאן לנסוע = where to travel / where to go

It is used because the verb לנסוע involves movement to a destination.

Compare:

• איפה = where (location)
• לאן = where to (destination)

Examples:

• איפה אתה? = Where are you?
• לאן אתה נוסע? = Where are you going / traveling to?

So לאן is the right choice here because they have not decided the destination.

After החלטנו לאן..., Hebrew uses the infinitive.

• לנסוע = to travel / to go by vehicle
• החלטנו לאן לנסוע = we decided where to travel
• with עוד לא: we haven’t decided yet where to travel

This is similar to English structures like:

• decide what to do
• know where to go
• remember how to get there

Hebrew often uses:

• question word + infinitive

For example:

• אני לא יודע מה לומר = I don’t know what to say
• היא החליטה מתי לצאת = She decided when to leave

לנסוע usually means to travel, to go by vehicle, or to drive/ride somewhere, depending on context.

It is different from ללכת, which more basically means to walk or sometimes to go in a broader sense.

In this sentence, לנסוע fits well because they are talking about taking a trip and choosing a destination for the weekend.

So לאן לנסוע is very natural here:

• where to travel
• where to go

אבל means but and connects the two parts of the sentence:

• אנחנו מתכננים טיול קצר לסוף השבוע
• אבל עוד לא החלטנו לאן לנסוע

This is very similar to English word order:

• We’re planning a short trip for the weekend, but we haven’t decided yet where to go.

So אבל works as a straightforward coordinating conjunction here.

Yes, somewhat. Hebrew word order is often more flexible than English, but some orders sound more neutral and natural than others.

The version here is very natural:

• עוד לא החלטנו לאן לנסוע

You might also hear:

• לא החלטנו עוד לאן לנסוע in some contexts, though it is less neutral here
• לאן לנסוע עוד לא החלטנו for strong emphasis on where to go

So the sentence’s word order is the most standard, neutral one.

You would change the plural verb forms to feminine plural:

• אנחנו מתכננות טיול קצר לסוף השבוע, אבל עוד לא החלטנו לאן לנסוע.

The first verb changes:

• מתכננים → מתכננות

However, החלטנו stays the same, because in the past tense first person plural, Hebrew does not distinguish masculine and feminine.

So:

• present plural: gender distinction exists
• past we form: no gender distinction here

A simple pronunciation guide would be:

Anákhnu metakhnením tiyúl katsár lesóf hashavúa, avál od lo hekhlatnú le’án linso’a.

A few notes:

• אנחנו = anákhnu
• מתכננים = metakhnením
• טיול = tiyúl
• אבל = avál
• החלטנו = hekhlatnú
• לאן = le’án
• לנסוע = linso’a

Pronunciation can vary a little by speaker and accent, but this will be understood well.

It is completely natural and standard. It works well in both written and spoken Hebrew.

In very casual speech, some people might choose slightly different vocabulary or shorten parts of it, but this sentence is normal, clear, and idiomatic as it is.