No. 394 in Hebrew
היינו
"We were" or "that is to say."
In a sentence
בתקופה ההיא היינו ילדים קטנים ושיחקנו בחצר כל יום.
In those times, we were little children and played in the yard every day.
The word "היינו" means "we were" in past tense and is used here to describe a state of being in the past.
חשבנו על זה וראינו שהיינו צריכים לעשות זאת מוקדם יותר.
We thought about it and saw that we should have done it earlier.
The word "היינו" is part of the phrase indicating a past state combined with a modal verb, showing an action that was necessary in the past.
היינו מסכימים עם ההצעה, אך היו לנו הסתייגויות מסוימות.
We would have agreed with the proposal, but we had certain reservations.
Here, "היינו" is used in a conditional sense, referring to a hypothetical agreed-upon state.
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