22/11 –TO HAVE
There is no verb TO HAVE.
Instead we use the expression: ‘THERE IS’ [Yesh] to someone.
Example:
יש לי ספר [yesh li sefer] –) ‘there is to me a book’ meaning: I have a book.
| יש לי | [yesh li] | I have |
| יש לך
יש לך |
[yesh leHa] (m)
[yesh laH] (f) |
You have (masc)
You have (fem) |
| יש לו
יש לה |
[Yesh lo]
[Yesh la] |
He has
She has |
| יש לנו | [Yesh lanu] | We have |
| יש לכם
יש לכן |
[Yesh laHem] (m)
[Yesh laHen] (f) |
You have (masc)
You have (fem) |
| יש להם
יש להן |
[Yesh lahem]
[Yesh lahen] |
They have (masc) They have (fem) |
EYN means ‘there isn’t’. To express ‘doesn’t have’, replace [YESH] by [EYN] in all of the above.
29/08/17 TO BE:
There is no verb ‘to be’ in Hebrew in the present, so we can’t say AM ARE or IS. In English I need 3 words to say I AM HAPPY. In Hebrew it is just 2 words. There is no AM so we say I HAPPY – [ani sameaH] –
