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Grammar:Tutorial/Participles
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Active participle
Active participle is just the 3-letter root with added suffix denoting the number and person:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
masculine | (none) | ים |
feminine | ת | ות |
Sometimes in singular feminine it has the suffix ה instead of ת.
Participles are used like adjectives but may have an direct or indirect object like a verb.
Note that participles have no tense and may denote an action in past, present, or future.
Passive participle
Active participle is the three-letter root with a letter ו added between the 2nd and the 3rd letter.
In 3-weak passive participles the third letter ה is replaced with י. TODO: Explain what are 3-weak or more this below.
A passive participle most often denotes an accomplished action (but it maybe any of past, present, or future).