היום חזרנו על זמן עבר, זמן הווה וזמן עתיד.

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Breakdown of היום חזרנו על זמן עבר, זמן הווה וזמן עתיד.

• היום: today
• לחזור על: to review
• זמן: tense

Questions & Answers about היום חזרנו על זמן עבר, זמן הווה וזמן עתיד.

Why does חזרנו על mean we reviewed here? I thought לחזור meant to return.

By itself, לחזור often means to return or to come back.

But the full expression לחזור על means to go over, to review, or to repeat something.

So:

• חזרנו = we returned / we went back
• חזרנו על... = we reviewed / we went over...

In this sentence, because it is followed by על and then grammar topics, the meaning is clearly we reviewed.

What part of חזרנו tells me it means we?

The ending -נו is the key.

חזרנו is past tense, first person plural:

• חזרתי = I returned / reviewed
• חזרת = you returned / reviewed
• חזרנו = we returned / reviewed

So -נו is the past-tense ending for we.

Why is על used after חזרנו?