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Grammar:Tutorial/Imperfect tense of regular verbs

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Perfect tense of regular verbs Imperfect tense of regular verbs The conjunction ו

Imperfect of regular verbs is formed by adding a prefix and a suffix to a three-letter root. For regular verbs it like the following for the verb כתב (to write):

person gender singular plural
3rd masculine יכתב יכתבו
feminine תכתב תכתבנה
2nd masculine תכתב תכתבו
feminine תכתבי תכתבנה
1st אכתב נכתב

1st, sing. sometimes end with ה (see Gen. 18:30).

נה may also signify the particle נה may written together with the verb.