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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 ה ִ ה י א אוּה
ֵׁ ם / * ֵׁ
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 ֶ תּ ם ַ א ֶ תּ א ַנ ְ ח וּנ ַ א ְ תּ ה ַ א ָ תּ א ִנ י
Suffix → ֶ תּ ן .... ם ֶ תּ .... וּנ .... ְ תּ .... ָ תּ .... ִ תּ י ....
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.
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** The verb "kernel" in Binyan פ is an exception, and acts a bit
differently, as will be explained in the following pages.
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