Key Rule: Past tense verbs are built from the root + a suffix that indicates the person. The base form (3rd person masculine singular - 'he') has no suffix and is the simplest form.
Write the correct Hebrew form for each item.
2.She studied Hebrew at the university:
3.We ate at the restaurant:
5.What suffix marks 'I' in past tense?
7.The base/dictionary form of a Hebrew verb is:
8.How do you say 'we learned'?
Answers
1. אֲנִי כָּתַבְתִּי מִכְתָּב (a-NI ka-TAV-ti mikh-TAV)
2. הִיא לָמְדָה עִבְרִית בַּאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה (hi lam-DA iv-RIT ba-u-ni-ver-si-TA)
3. אֲנַחְנוּ אָכַלְנוּ בַּמִּסְעָדָה (a-NAKH-nu a-KHAL-nu ba-mis-a-DA)
4. הֵם הָלְכוּ לַיָּם (hem hal-KHU la-YAM)
5. -תִּי
6. she wrote
7. 3rd person masculine (he)
8. לָמַדְנוּ