Questions & Answers about לפני שנחתום, אני רוצה לוודא שאין משהו מוזר בהסכם.
Why is נחתום in the future tense after לפני?
Because Hebrew commonly uses לפני ש־ + future for something that has not happened yet.
So:
- לפני = before
- שנחתום = we sign / we will sign
Together, לפני שנחתום means before we sign.
What exactly is נחתום?
נחתום is the 1st person plural future form of לחתום (to sign).
Breakdown:
- לחתום = to sign
- נחתום = we will sign
The root is ח-ת-מ.
What does the ש־ do in שנחתום and שאין?
The prefix ש־ is a very common Hebrew connector meaning something like that, which, or sometimes just marking a subordinate clause.
In this sentence:
- שנחתום = that we sign / when we sign → after לפני, it gives before we sign
- שאין = that there is not / that there isn't
So ש־ helps introduce the dependent clause after לפני and after לוודא.
What does לוודא mean exactly?