לפני שנמשיך, כדאי להבהיר מה בדיוק צריך לעשות.

Before we continue, it is better to clarify what exactly needs to be done.

Breakdown of לפני שנמשיך, כדאי להבהיר מה בדיוק צריך לעשות.

• מה: what
• להיות צריך: to need
• לפני: before
• ש: that

Questions & Answers about לפני שנמשיך, כדאי להבהיר מה בדיוק צריך לעשות.

Why is נמשיך in the future tense if the sentence means before we continue?

In Hebrew, after words like לפני (before) and אחרי (after), Hebrew often uses the future tense to refer to something that has not happened yet from the speaker’s point of view.

So:

• לפני שנמשיך = before we continue
• literally, it is closer to before we will continue

This is normal Hebrew usage, not a strange or overly literal translation.

Here, נמשיך is:

• 1st person plural
• future tense
• from the verb להמשיך = to continue

So נמשיך means we will continue, but in this structure it is naturally understood as we continue / we go on.

What exactly is the ש in שנמשיך?