לקחנו רצועה, קולר ורתמה.

to take

Breakdown of לקחנו רצועה, קולר ורתמה.

• רצועה: leash; strap
• קולר: collar (for an animal)
• רתמה: harness

Questions & Answers about לקחנו רצועה, קולר ורתמה.

What does לקחנו mean grammatically?

לקחנו is the past-tense verb we took.

It comes from the dictionary form לקחת (to take). In the past tense, Hebrew often builds forms by adding endings to a base:

• לקחתי = I took
• לקחת = you took (masculine singular)
• לקחתְ = you took (feminine singular)
• לקח = he took
• לקחה = she took
• לקחנו = we took

So the ending -נו often signals we in the past tense.

Why isn’t אנחנו included? Doesn’t Hebrew need a word for we?

Hebrew usually does not need a separate subject pronoun when the verb already shows who did the action.

So:

• לקחנו already means we took
• אנחנו לקחנו also means we took, but it sounds more emphasized, like we took or it was we who took

In a simple neutral sentence, leaving out אנחנו is completely normal.

Why are the nouns written without the?