29/11/17 – HEBREW VERBS
Verbs have a core of 3 ‘root letters’. There are 7 groups of verbs.
29/11/17 – A first group verb
1st Group (‘PAAL’) – regular verb
1st group verbs are usually used to express a simple action.
Example: LEERKOD = To dance
The L at the beginning means ‘to’
The root letters are R K D – these letters always stay; what goes around the 3 letters depends on who dances and when.
| FUTURE | PRESENT | PAST | |
| I (m)
I (f) |
Erkod
Erkod |
Anee roked
Anee rokedet |
rakadtee
rakadtee |
| You (m)
You (f) |
Teerkod
Teerkedi |
Ata roked
At rokedet |
rakadta
rakadt |
| He
She |
Eerkod
Teerkod |
hoo roked
hee rokedet |
Rakad
Rakda |
| We (m)
We (f) |
Neerkod
Neerkod |
anaHnu rokdim
anaHnu rokdot |
Rakadu
Rakadnu |
| You (m pl)
You (f pl) |
Teerkedu
Teerkedu |
Atem rokdim
Aten rokdot |
Rakadtem
Rakadten |
| They (m)
They (f) |
Eerkedu
Eerkedu |
hem rokdim
hen rokdot |
Rakdu
rakdu |
29/11/17 – Subject Personal Pronouns
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning |
| אני | [ani] | I |
| אתה
את |
[ata]
[at] |
You (masculine)
You (feminine) |
| הוא
היא |
[hoo]
[hee] |
He
She |
| אנחנו | [anaHnu] | We |
| אתם
אתן |
[atem]
[aten] |
You (masculine plural)
You (feminine plural) |
| הם
הן |
[hem]
[hen] |
They (masculine)
They (feminine) |
15/11/17 – verb TO BE in the present
There is not verb TO BE in the present, for example to say I AM BIG we just say ‘I BIG’ [ani gadol] אני גדול
