אני לא אחתום על החוזה עד שאקרא אותו עוד פעם.

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Breakdown of אני לא אחתום על החוזה עד שאקרא אותו עוד פעם.

• לא: not
• לקרוא: to read
• ש: that

Questions & Answers about אני לא אחתום על החוזה עד שאקרא אותו עוד פעם.

Why is אחתום in the future tense?

Because the speaker is talking about a future action: signing the contract has not happened yet.

• אחתום = I will sign
• It comes from the verb לחתום = to sign
• The א- at the beginning marks first person singular future in Hebrew

So אני לא אחתום means I will not sign.

Why does the sentence include אני if אחתום already means I will sign?

In Hebrew, the verb already shows the subject, so אני is not always necessary.

• אחתום already tells you I will sign
• אני לא אחתום is still very natural and common
• Adding אני can make the sentence clearer, more explicit, or slightly more emphatic

So both of these can work:

• לא אחתום על החוזה...
• אני לא אחתום על החוזה...

The version with אני sounds a bit more explicit: I won’t sign the contract...

Why is the negative word לא used here?

לא is the normal way to negate a verb in Hebrew in past, present, and future.

Here it negates the future verb:

• אחתום = I will sign
• לא אחתום = I will not sign

English speakers sometimes look for different negative words, but in this kind of sentence, לא is the standard choice.