Hebrew 1 - Lesson 11

Lesson 11 discusses conjugation rules for roots of the group.The lessons vocab includes the Hebrew equivalents of Why and Becuase.Roots of the L"H class include the "H" letters an that renders such verbs as iregulars.The reson for such reality is the vocal challenge that would have exist tosound the "H" in certain situations.

If root was to be connjugated as a complete verb it would have been sound as following:Lrtzoh, Rotze, Rotzehet, Rotzhim, Rotzhot. Other than Rotze, all of those forms sound strange and indeed they are not the correct way of sounding a verb of the L"H class.According to the differnt conjugation rules of the voweling structure change at one form, the "H" is dropped in two other forms and is replaced by a "Tav" in a third form.Please look carfully at the chart:

For L"H roots:
  • is voweled with a "Vav" (O sound).(see next chart)
    • Masculine Singular form
  • is voweled with a "Tzaireh" ("Eh" sound).
  • is unvoweled.
    • Feminine Singular form
  • is voweled with a "Kamatz" ("A" sound).
  • is unvoweled.
    • Masculine Plural form
  • is voweled with a "Chiric" ("Ee" sound).
  • is dropped.
  • M/p forms of verbs are completed with a suffix "Final Mem".
    • Feminine Plural form
  • is voweled with a "Vav".
  • is dropped.
  • F/p forms of verbs are completed with a suffix "Tav".
    • Infinitive form
  • is voweled with a "Shva" and it is practically unvoweled.
  • is voweled with a "Vav".
  • F/p forms of verbs are completed with a suffix "Tav".

    • (F/P)
    ..
    (M/P)
    ..
    (F/S)
    ...
    (S/M)
    ...
    (Inf.)
    ..
    Complete verbs that have been introduced in previous lessons are:
    WantSee if you can tell what are the root letters of each.
    Do/Make
    Do/Make
    Buy

    Auxilary verb plus a main

    Auxilary verbs are not limited to the regular class. In fact, a prominentauxilary verb is the equivalent
    of want.
    In fact, it is possible to have a root for both the auxilary and the main verbs:





    Why / because

    Finally, vocab for inquiry and reasoning.
    Why are you here? We are here because there is a Hebrew class."Lama Atem Po"? "Anachnu Po Ki Yesh ShiUr Ivrit".While the tendancy is to make a short-cut and answer simply "Ki Yesh Shiur Ivrit", that is not a complete sentence.
    Why
    Because


    ?

    .





    A thing / nothing

    Also in lessons' 11 vocab are the equivalents of a thing and nothing.While having a double negative in a sentence (I don't want anything), is not encouraged, this is part of conversational Hebrew.
    I don't see anything.
    I don't see a thing.
    Both approaches are grammatically correct in Hebrew. However, if you choose to avoid double negativity, you must use "Davar" and not "Mashehu" (Using "Mashehu" to convey a negative thought
    would make it sound like an oxymoron).


    When convey a positive thought the convention is to use "Mashehu" over "Davar".
    I see something.

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