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Grammar:Tutorial/Special word forms
Here declension of some particular words will be present. There are no absolute need to study these word forms, as we will put these word forms into our dictionary.
Forms of the verb נתן
The verb נתן (“to give”) is declined in perfect accordingly the following table:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | masculine | נתן | נתנו |
| feminine | נתנה | ||
| 2nd | masculine | נתת | נתתם |
| feminine | נתתן | ||
| 1st | נתתי | נתנו |
Imperfect of נתן in both PAAL and NIPAL:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | masculine | תתי | יתנו |
| feminine | תן | תתנה | |
| 2nd | masculine | תן | תתו |
| feminine | תתי | תתנה | |
| 1st | אתן | נתן |
The verb לקח
It follows 1-נ pattern.
Infinitive: קחת.
Imperative: קח.
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | masculine | יקח | יקחו |
| feminine | תקח | תקחנה | |
| 2nd | masculine | תקח | תקחו |
| feminine | תקחי | תקחנה | |
| 1st | אקח | נקח |
The verb הלך
Imperative: לך.
TODO: declension of הלך?
Nominative of personal pronouns
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | אני, אנכי | אנחנו | |
| 2nd | masculine | אתה | אתם |
| feminine | את | אתן, אתנה | |
| 3rd | masculine | הוא | הם, המה |
| feminine | היא | הנה |
Seldom there are 2nd person, sing., fem. form אתי.
Seldom אנחנו is replaced with נחנו or אנו.
יש and אין with pronoun suffixes
The forms not present in the traditional analysis of biblical texts are in parentheses.
The word יש:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | (ישי) | (ישנו) | |
| 2nd | masculine | ישך | ישכם |
| feminine | (ישך) | (ישכן) | |
| 3rd | masculine | ישנו | (ישם) |
| feminine | (ישנה) | (ישן) |
The word אין:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | אינני | ||
| 2nd | masculine | אינך | אינכם |
| feminine | (אינכן) | ||
| 3rd | masculine | אינני | אינם |
| feminine | איננה | (אינן) | |
הנה with pronoun suffixes
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | הנני | הננו | |
| 2nd | masculine | הנך | הנכם |
| feminine | (הנכן) | ||
| 3rd | masculine | הנו | הנם |
| feminine | (הננה) | (הנן) |
עוד with pronoun suffixes
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | עודי or עודני | ||
| 2nd | masculine | עודך | |
| feminine | |||
| 3rd | masculine | עודנו | עודם |
| feminine | עודנה | (עודן) |
The interrogative pronouns
מי means “who?”, מה means “what?” איה means “where?”, it can take pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | masculine | איכה | |
| 3rd | masculine | איו | אים |
Nouns אב, אח, פה
These nouns have a suffix י in the conjugate form (פי, אחי, אבי). We should also investigate their forms with pronoun suffixes (this book is not clear about it).
The verb נגע
Infinitive of the verb נגע (“to touch”) has two forms: נגע and געת.
Imperfect of יכל
The first י is replaced with ו in imperfect:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | masculine | יוכל | יוכלו |
| feminine | תוכל | תוכלנה | |
| 2nd | masculine | תוכל | תוכלו |
| feminine | תוכלי | תוכלנה | |
| 1st | אוכל | נוכל |