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Infinitive (more exactly named âinfinitive constructâ) is just the root.
It may be translated to English as a gerund.
Pronoun suffixes may be used with infinitive.
Infinitive can take pronoun suffixes. Pronoun suffixes with an infinitive may express either a subject or an object of the action, dependently on a context.
An infinitive may be used in a conjunction like a noun.
In infinitive of 3-weak verbs the last × is replaced with ×ת (in all binyanim, see below).
Infinitive with prepositions
Infinitive X with the preposition × means (âwhen it was Xâ).
Infinitive with the preposition × means: 1. a purpose; 2. infinitive in English.
××× + × + infinitive
means âto be goingâ.
×˘× + noun + × + infinitive
means that ânounâ must do something (expressed by the infinitive).
