Key Rule: For numbers 3-10, the number form is the opposite of the noun's gender:
• Masculine nouns → number ends in -ah (looks feminine): שְׁלוֹשָׁה יְלָדִים
• Feminine nouns → number has no -ah ending: שָׁלוֹשׁ יְלָדוֹת
Write the correct Hebrew form for each item.
2.Three girls in the class:
5.שְׁלוֹשָׁה יְלָדִים - why does the number end in -ah?
6.Where does number 1 go relative to the noun?
7.How do you say 'five girls'?
8.After numbers 2-10, the noun is:
Answers
1. יֵשׁ לִי שְׁנֵי כְּלָבִים (yesh li shnei kla-VIM)
2. שָׁלוֹשׁ בָּנוֹת בַּכִּתָּה (sha-LOSH ba-NOT ba-ki-TA)
3. קָנִיתִי אַרְבָּעָה סְפָרִים (ka-NI-ti ar-ba-A sfa-RIM)
4. יֶלֶד אֶחָד בַּגַּן (YE-led e-KHAD ba-GAN)
5. Because יְלָדִים is masculine (opposite rule)
6. After the noun
7. חָמֵשׁ בָּנוֹת
8. Plural