בסוף החלטנו לחדש את החוזה.

direct object marker

Breakdown of בסוף החלטנו לחדש את החוזה.

• להחליט: to decide
• בסוף: in the end
• חוזה: contract

Questions & Answers about בסוף החלטנו לחדש את החוזה.

What does בסוף mean here, and is it the same as finally?

Yes—here בסוף means in the end / eventually / finally.

In this sentence, בסוף החלטנו means we ended up deciding or in the end, we decided.

A useful nuance:

• בסוף often sounds a bit like after some hesitation, discussion, or delay
• It is very common in everyday speech

So this sentence feels natural for something like:

• We discussed it for a while, and in the end we decided to renew the contract.

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How is החלטנו built, and what exactly does it mean?

החלטנו means we decided.

It comes from the verb להחליט = to decide.

Breakdown:

• החלט- = the past-tense verb stem
• -נו = we

So:

• החלטתי = I decided
• החלטת = you decided
• החלטנו = we decided

This is past tense, first person plural.

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Why is there no separate word for we in the sentence?