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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 | יתן | 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.
Imperfect:
| 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 |
I suppose that אין may mean "where are you?" (3rd, plur., fem.).
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 |
Some prepositions with pronoun suffixes
The preposition ל with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | לי | לנו | |
| 2nd | masculine | לך | לכם |
| feminine | (לכן) | ||
| 3rd | masculine | לו | להם |
| feminine | לה | להן |
The preposition ב with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | בי | בנו | |
| 2nd | masculine | בך | בכם |
| feminine | (בכן) | ||
| 3rd | masculine | בו | בהם |
| feminine | בה | בהן |
Sometimes 3rd person, plural masculine has the form בם.
The preposition את (meaning either "with" or a definite direct object) with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | אתי | אתנו | |
| 2nd | masculine | אתך | אתכם |
| feminine | (אתכן) | ||
| 3rd | masculine | אתו | אתם |
| feminine | אתה | אתן |
Variants of את:
The preposition מן with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ממני | ממנו | |
| 2nd | masculine | ממך | מכם |
| feminine | מכן | ||
| 3rd | masculine | ממנו | מהם |
| feminine | ממנה | מהן or מהנה |
The preposition כ with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | כמוני | כמונו | |
| 2nd | masculine | כמוך | ככם |
| feminine | ככן | ||
| 3rd | masculine | כמוהו | כהם |
| feminine | כמוה | כהן |
The preposition עם with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | עמי or עמדי | עמנו | |
| 2nd | masculine | עמך | עמכם |
| feminine | עמכן | ||
| 3rd | masculine | עמו | עמם or עמהם |
| feminine | עמה | עמן |
The preposition אל with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | אלי | אלינו | |
| 2nd | masculine | אליך | אליכם |
| feminine | אליכן | ||
| 3rd | masculine | אליו | אליהם |
| feminine | אליה | אליהן |
The preposition על with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | עלי | עלינו | |
| 2nd | masculine | עליך | עליכם |
| feminine | עליכן | ||
| 3rd | masculine | עליו | עליהם |
| feminine | עליה | עליהן |
The preposition תחת with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | תחתי | תחתינו | |
| 2nd | masculine | תחתיך | תחתיכם |
| feminine | תחתיכן | ||
| 3rd | masculine | תחתיו | תחתיהם |
| feminine | תחתיה | תחתיהן |
The preposition אחר with pronoun suffixes:
| person | gender | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | אחרי | אחרינו | |
| 2nd | masculine | אחריך | אחריכם |
| feminine | אחריכן | ||
| 3rd | masculine | אחריו | אחריהם |
| feminine | אחריה | אחריהן |