Questions & Answers about אנחנו מקווים שיהיה לנו זמן לשבת יחד אחרי העבודה.
מקווים is the masculine plural present-tense form of לקוות (to hope).
So אנחנו מקווים means we hope or we are hoping.
A few important points:
- If the speakers are all male, or a mixed group, Hebrew normally uses מקווים.
- If the speakers are all female, it would be אנחנו מקוות.
- Hebrew present-tense forms often look like adjectives/participles, but they function as normal present-tense verbs too.
It can mean both.
In Hebrew, the present tense usually does not make a strong grammatical distinction between:
- we hope
- we are hoping
So אנחנו מקווים can cover either one, depending on context.