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If a direct object for a verb is definite (either having a definite article or being a proper name) then before the object the preposition את is added. If the object is indefinite, there should be no את. | If a direct object for a verb is definite (either having a definite article or being a proper name) then before the object the preposition את is added. If the object is indefinite, there should be no את. | ||
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+ | This preposition also may mean "with" (a synonym of the preposition עם). | ||
Also a noun with a pronoun suffix (see below) is definite (but without an article). | Also a noun with a pronoun suffix (see below) is definite (but without an article). |
Revision as of 21:17, 28 October 2011
If a direct object for a verb is definite (either having a definite article or being a proper name) then before the object the preposition את is added. If the object is indefinite, there should be no את.
This preposition also may mean "with" (a synonym of the preposition עם).
Also a noun with a pronoun suffix (see below) is definite (but without an article).