29/11/17 – HEBREW VERBS

Verbs have a core of 3 ‘root letters’. There are 7 groups of verbs.

 

29/11/17 – 1^st Group (‘PAAL’) – regular verb

1^st group verbs are usually used to express a simple action.

Example:   לִרְקוֹד = To dance

The Lamed at the beginning means ‘to’

The root letters are RESH KOOF DALET – these letters always stay; what goes around the 3 letters depends on who dances and when.

	FUTURE	PRESENT	PAST
I (m) I (f)	אֶרְקוֹד אֶרְקוֹד	אֲנִי רוֹקֵד אֲנִי רוֹקֶדֶת	רָקַדְתִּי רָקַדְתִּי
You (m) You (f)	תִּרְקוֹד תִּרְקְדִי	אַתָּה רוֹקֵד אַתְּ רוֹקֶדֶת	רָקַדְתָּ רָקַדְתְּ
He She	יִרְקוֹד תִּרְקוֹד	הוּא רוֹקֵד הִיא רוֹקֶדֶת	רָקַד רָקְדָה
We (m) We (f)	נִרְקוֹד נִרְקוֹד	אֲנַחְנוּ רוֹקְדִים אֲנַחְנוּ רוֹקְדוֹת	רָקַדְנוּ רָקַדְנוּ
You (m pl) You (f pl)	תִּרְקְדוּ תִּרְקְדוּ	אַתֶּם רוֹקְדִים אַתֶּן רוֹקְדוֹת	רָקַדְתֶּם רָקַדְתֶּן
They (m) They (f)	יִרְקְדוּ יִרְקְדוּ	הֵם רוֹקְדִים הֵן רוֹקְדוֹת	רָקְדוּ רָקְדוּ

 

22/11/17 – reading exceptions

Reading in Hebrew is very straightforward. There are only few exceptions :

-If a word ends with the letter Het ח, it will always end with the sound aH (not Ha or Hoo etc…)

-if a word ends in yud-vav יו, it will end with the sound av (not eev).

 

15/11/17 – the past – taster

When a verb ends in   [….tee] (whatever the group of the verb),

‘I’ is the subject and it’s happening in the past.

Examples:

חשבתי	[Hashavtee]	I thought
ידעתי	[yadatee]	I knew
רקדתי	[rakadtee]	I danced
דיברתי	[deebartee]	I spoke
הסתכלתי	[histakaltee]	I watched

 

08/11/17 – verb TO BE, present, past

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

but there is  a verb TO BE in the past:

Hebrew	Sound	Meaning
הייתי	[hayti]	I was
הייתה היית	[hayta] [hayt]	You were (masculine) You were (feminine)
היה היתה	[haya] [hayta]	He was She was
היינו	[haynu]	We were
הייתם הייתן	[haytem] [hayten]	You were (masc. pl.) You were (fem. pl.)
היו	[hayu]	They were

Note that we do not need the subject pronoun (I, you, he…) in the past, just the verb

07/12 Words during chat

זה תלוי	[zeh taluy]	It depends
אבל	[aval]	But
מכונית	[meHoneet]	Car
מקום	[makom]	Place

 

29/11 Words during lesson and from past GCSE

טעות	[taoot]	Mistake
בְּדֶרֶך כְּלַל	[bedereH klal]	Usually
לִפְעָמִים	[leefameem]	Sometimes
עסוק	[asook]	Busy
זְמַן	[zman]	Time

 

29/11 Words from novel Lashon Nakeeya

לילות	[leylot]	Nights
כְּבָר	[kvar]	Already
קוֹל	[kol]	Voice
מי?	[mee?]	Who?
כַּעַס	[kaas]	Anger
לצלצל	[letsaltsel]	To ring
העיר	[haeer]	The town
הכל בסדר	[hacol beseder]	Everything is fine
רק	[rak]	Only
אני אומר	[anee omer]	I say
אבל	[aval]	But
שוב	[shoov]	Again
הסוף	[hasof]	The end
עם	[am]	A people

 

22/11 Words during lesson

בקבוק	[bakbook]	Bottle
מקום	[makom]	Place
ביחד	[beyaHad]	Together
מישהו	[meeshehoo]	Someone
אני בא	[anee ba]	I am coming
הבא	[haba]	Next (=the coming one)
מרפסת	[meerpeset]	Balcony
עיתון	[eeton]	Newspaper
אני חושב	[anee Hoshev]	I think
חשוב	[Hashuv]	Important
מחשב	[maHshev]	Computer
חשבון	[Heshbon]	Bill, mental Maths

 

22/11 Words from novel Lashon Nakeeya

לילה	[layla]	Night
אני ישן	[anee yashen]	I am sleeping
חדר	[Heder]	Room
עבודה	[avoda]	Work
לצלצל	[letsaltsel]	To ring
כבר	[kvar]	Already
שאלה	[sheela]	Question
כעס	[kaas]	Anger

 

15/11 Random Words during lesson – write and learn

סוֹף	[sof]	End
כְּלוּם	[kloom]	Nothing
חוֹלֶה	[Hole]	Sick
מִסעָדָה	[meessada]	Restaurant
לְדַעַתִי	[ledaatee]	In my opinion
אני יודע אני יודעת	[anee yodea] [anee yodaat]	I know (m) I know (f)

 

15/11 Main words from song MATANOT KTANOT – write and learn

אוויר	[aveer]	Air
אור	[or]	Light
צל	[tsel]	Shadow
קיר	[keer]	Wall
בית כנסת	[beyt Knesset]	Synagogue
ריח	[reyaH]	Smell
לב	[lev]	Heart
דלת	[delet]	Door
אושר	[osher]	Happiness
מתנה	[matana]	Present
מישהו	[someone]	Someone
אמונה	[emoona]	Belief
מה	[ma]	What
אין	[eyn]	There isn’t
יש	[yesh]	There is
אפשר	[efshar]	Possible

 

08/11 Vocab from the bilingual book we started

בשנות הששים	[bashnot hasheesheem]	In the sixties
סיפור	[sipoor]	story
גם	[gam]	also