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Intermediate-Low, Unit 1
General Structure of the Past Tense
The past tense in Hebrew is characterized by adding suffixes to a verb
“kernel”.
The past structure is divided into two charts. This is not the traditional
division, but it will help you remember the past structure a lot more easily.
The first chart, of the pronouns םה ,איה ,אוה usually* uses one kind of verb
“kernel”.
Pronoun ןה / * ֵ ם ֵה ִ ה י א אוּה
Suffix וּ .... ה .... ....
The second chart, for the pronouns םתא ,ונחנא ,תא ,התא ,ינא uses a different
verb “kernel”. You can easily remember the suffixes of this chart, as they fit
the end of the pronoun.
Pronoun ן * א ֶׁ ת ם א ֶׁ ת וּנ ְ ח נֲא א ְ ת ה א ת ֲא ִנ י
Suffix ֶׁ ת ן .... ם ֶׁת .... וּנ .... ְ ת .... ת .... י ִת ....
As we will see, the **verb "kernel" in the past tense is easily derived from
the infinitive form.
* Feminine pronouns ןה and ןתא are rarely used in Modern Hebrew and therefore
will not be addressed throughout this book.
** The verb "kernel" in Binyan פ על is an exception, and acts a bit
differently, as will be explained in the following pages.
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