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Hebrew grammar, first steps: 10 free units

These ten units are the grammar of your first months of modern Hebrew: the personal pronouns, the gender and plural of nouns, adjectives that follow the noun, «and» as a single letter, ב and ל for places, and the words for time. And the verbs: the present of strong and pi’el verbs, the infinitive, and the past.

Each unit opens with a short explanation, a table and examples with full vowel points, then six exercises: choose the right form, build the sentence from tiles, type the word, match the pairs. Each unit’s page shows the explanation and the first two exercises; the other four open with a free account.

You can start anywhere, but the pronouns come first for a reason: they choose the form of every verb after them. Shoresh is the site of Daniel, a native Israeli who teaches modern Hebrew online in English, Italian and Russian; the first trial lesson is free.

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Hebrew grammar, first steps: 10 free units

Hebrew grammar from zero: pronouns, noun gender and plurals, adjectives, the present, infinitive and past of verbs, ב and ל. 10 units with explanations and exercises, free.

  1. The pronouns: אֲנִי, אַתָּה, אַתְּ, הוּא, הִיא

    Next

    Ten words that choose the form of every verb after them.

  2. Nouns: masculine or feminine, one or many

    2 exercises

    ־ָה and ־ת mark the feminine; ־ִים and ־וֹת mark the plural.

  3. Strong verbs: לוֹמֵד, לוֹמֶדֶת, לוֹמְדִים, לוֹמְדוֹת

    2 exercises

    o, e in the box; then nothing, ֶ-ת, ִ-ים, וֹת for who.

  4. The adjective follows the noun and copies it

    2 exercises

    יֶלֶד טוֹב, יַלְדָּה טוֹבָה, יְלָדִים טוֹבִים, יְלָדוֹת טוֹבוֹת.

  5. «And» is a letter: וְ

    2 exercises

    It sticks to the front of the next word, and before some letters it sounds u.

  6. ב for where you are, ל for where you go

    2 exercises

    הָיִיתִי בְּתֵל אָבִיב, but נָסַעְתִּי לְתֵל אָבִיב.

  7. Strong verbs: לִלְמֹד, לִכְתֹּב, לִסְגֹּר

    2 exercises

    li, a silent letter, then o. The same tune on every verb of the group.

  8. Strong verbs: כָּתַבְתִּי, לָמַדְתִּי, סָגַרְתִּי

    2 exercises

    The same endings on a three-letter stem: a-a, then who.

  9. Pi’el: מְדַבֵּר, מְדַבֶּרֶת, מְדַבְּרִים, מְדַבְּרוֹת

    2 exercises

    A מ in front and a, e in the box; the endings are the strong verbs’ endings.

  10. Time words: הַיּוֹם, מָחָר, אֶתְמוֹל, בַּבֹּקֶר

    2 exercises

    One word tells when; it goes at the start or the end of the sentence.

Questions

Where should I start with Hebrew grammar?
With the pronouns and the present tense: with אֲנִי, אַתָּה, הִיא and four forms per verb you can already say whole sentences. Plurals, adjectives and the past come next.
Are the examples written with vowels?
Yes, every Hebrew word has its vowel points (niqqud), so you can read it even if you have only just learned the alphabet. For the alphabet itself there is the free reading course.
Is this modern or biblical Hebrew grammar?
Modern, the Hebrew spoken in Israel today. Biblical Hebrew shares the alphabet and much of the grammar, but its verb tenses work differently.

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The units

  1. Unit 1 of 10The pronouns: אֲנִי, אַתָּה, אַתְּ, הוּא, הִיא
  2. Unit 2 of 10Nouns: masculine or feminine, one or many
  3. Unit 3 of 10Strong verbs: לוֹמֵד, לוֹמֶדֶת, לוֹמְדִים, לוֹמְדוֹת
  4. Unit 4 of 10The adjective follows the noun and copies it
  5. Unit 5 of 10«And» is a letter: וְ
  6. Unit 6 of 10ב for where you are, ל for where you go
  7. Unit 7 of 10Strong verbs: לִלְמֹד, לִכְתֹּב, לִסְגֹּר
  8. Unit 8 of 10Strong verbs: כָּתַבְתִּי, לָמַדְתִּי, סָגַרְתִּי
  9. Unit 9 of 10Pi’el: מְדַבֵּר, מְדַבֶּרֶת, מְדַבְּרִים, מְדַבְּרוֹת
  10. Unit 10 of 10Time words: הַיּוֹם, מָחָר, אֶתְמוֹל, בַּבֹּקֶר