A HEBREW LESSON


pronouns:


I: ani
we: anachnu
you: atah
you (feminine): aht
you (plural): atem
he: hoo
she: hee
they: hem/hen

SOME VERBS:

see: ra'eh
want: rotzeh
go: halach
speak: sheech, medabaiyr
search for: chapes
eat: echol
drink: shitot
buy: kinot
study: lemad
have: yesh leh....(pronoun)
love: ohev
need: tsoreech


I have: yesh lee
you have: yesh l'cha (m), yesh lach (f)
we have: yesh lanoo


present tense of the verb "AHAVA"
ohev ohevim
ohev ohevim
ohav ohavot
ohev ohevim
ohav ohevot


past tense: (only singular forms for now)
first person: ahavti
second person: ahavt
second person (f): ahavtah third person (m): ahav
third person (f): ahavat


future tense: (for now singular forms only)
ehov
tehov
tehov
yehov
tehovet


SOME NOUNS:
brother: ach
sister: achot
mother: eemah
father: abah
family: meeshpachah
grandfather: sabah
grandmother: savtah
son: ben
daughter: bat
school: baiyt sefaiyr
book: sefaiyr
house: baiyt
door: delet
flag: degel
hotel: malohn
restaurant: meesadah
kitchen: meetbach
bathroom: chadar ambatyah
room: chadar
lamp: minorah
chair: kiseh
table: shoolchan
carpet: shateeach
curtain: veelohn
clock: sha'ohn
boy: ben
girl: baht
uncle: dohd
aunt: dodah
cousin (m): ben dohd
cousin (f): bat dohd

SOME ADJECTIVES:
big: gadol
bad: rah
beautiful: yahf
sick: chohl
cold: kar
hot: chahm
red: adohm
white: lavahn

SOME OTHER NOUNS:
Jesus: yeshoo
church: knesset ( the k is pronounced )
synagogue: beiyt knesset
messiah: mesheeach
Moses: mosheh
religion: daht
isaac: yitzhak



WEATHER WORDS

rain: geshem
snow: sheleg
ice: sheleg
it is raining: yored geshem
it is snowing: yored sheleg
wind: rooach
lighting: barak
thunder: ra'am
storm: seh-arah
sun: shemesh
cloud: anahn
spring: aveev
summer: kayeets
autumn: stahv
cold: kar
hot: chahm
water: mayeem
NOW THE NUMBERS:
1-10:
achat, shtaiyim, shalosh, arba, chamesh, shesh, shevah,
shmoneh, tesha, essaiyr

11-20->:
achat essaiyr
shtaiyim essaiyr shalosh essaiyr (etc...)
20: eshreem
30: shlosheem

NOTE THE PATTERN OF NUMBERS SUCH AS 20 AND 30 AND HOW THE RELATE TO THE SINGLE DIGIT NUMBERS


100: maiya
1,000: elef


PLURALIZATION:



masculine plural ending: -eem
feminine plural ending: -oht
book: sefeiyr
books: sfareem
cat: chatool
cats: chatooleem
church: knesset
churches: knessioht
big church: knesset g'dolah (feminine word, feminine adjective)
big churches: knessioht g'doloht
big cat: chatool gadol
big cats: chatooleem g'doleem
small cat: chatool katan
small cats: chatool k'taneem
small church: knesset k'tanah
small churches: knessiot k'tanoht


word order:

modern hebrew word order: subject verb object (I saw him)
biblical hebrew word order: verb subject object (saw I him)

examples:
I want a new book:
modern: ani rotzeh sefeyr chadash; biblical: rotzeh ani sefeyr chadash
he ate the bread:
modern: hoo achalah ha-lechem; biblical: v'yechol hoo ha-lechem






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