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Free grammar · Unit 12 of 20

The present of verbs ending in ה: רוֹצֶה, רוֹצָה, רוֹצִים, רוֹצוֹת

Many of the most common Hebrew verbs end in ה: רוֹצֶה «wants», שׁוֹתֶה «drinks», קוֹנֶה «buys», רוֹאֶה «sees», עוֹשֶׂה «does». The ה is the last letter of the root, and in the masculine the verb looks like a strong verb: o, e, then the ה. Grammars call them lamed-he verbs, ל״ה.

The difference is in the feminine. No ֶ-ת is added: the ה stays and only the final vowel changes, from e to a. רוֹצֶה, rotse, becomes רוֹצָה, rotsa. So without vowel points «he wants» and «she wants» are spelled the same, רוצה, and the pronoun tells you who. In the plural the ה drops and the usual endings come in: רוֹצִים, רוֹצוֹת.

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Step 12 of 20 · Explanation

Verbs ending in ה: רוֹצֶה, רוֹצָה, רוֹצִים, רוֹצוֹת

Verbs whose last root letter is look like the strong verbs in the man's form, o, e: , , , .

The at the end is what marks the group.

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Questions

How do you say «I want» in Hebrew?
A man says אֲנִי רוֹצֶה (ani rotse), a woman says אֲנִי רוֹצָה (ani rotsa). Then comes the thing, אֲנִי רוֹצָה קָפֶה, or another verb in the infinitive.
How can I tell רוֹצֶה from רוֹצָה without vowels?
Not from the word alone: both are spelled רוצה. Who is doing it tells you, הוּא or הִיא, or the noun before the verb.
What are lamed-he verbs?
Verbs whose root ends in ה: ר־צ־ה, ש־ת־ה, ק־נ־ה. In the present they have four forms, -e, -a, -im, -ot: קוֹנֶה, קוֹנָה, קוֹנִים, קוֹנוֹת.

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The units

  1. Unit 1 of 20The pronouns: אֲנִי, אַתָּה, אַתְּ, הוּא, הִיא
  2. Unit 2 of 20Nouns: masculine or feminine, one or many
  3. Unit 3 of 20Strong verbs: לוֹמֵד, לוֹמֶדֶת, לוֹמְדִים, לוֹמְדוֹת
  4. Unit 4 of 20The adjective follows the noun and copies it
  5. Unit 5 of 20«And» is a letter: וְ
  6. Unit 6 of 20ב for where you are, ל for where you go
  7. Unit 7 of 20Strong verbs: לִלְמֹד, לִכְתֹּב, לִסְגֹּר
  8. Unit 8 of 20Strong verbs: כָּתַבְתִּי, לָמַדְתִּי, סָגַרְתִּי
  9. Unit 9 of 20Pi’el: מְדַבֵּר, מְדַבֶּרֶת, מְדַבְּרִים, מְדַבְּרוֹת
  10. Unit 10 of 20Time words: הַיּוֹם, מָחָר, אֶתְמוֹל, בַּבֹּקֶר
  11. Unit 11 of 20Two-letter verbs: גָּר, גָּרָה, גָּרִים, גָּרוֹת
  12. Unit 12 of 20Verbs ending in ה: רוֹצֶה, רוֹצָה, רוֹצִים, רוֹצוֹת
  13. Unit 13 of 20Two-letter verbs: גַּרְתִּי, קַמְתִּי, בָּאתִי
  14. Unit 14 of 20I had: הָיָה לִי, הָיְתָה לִי, הָיוּ לִי
  15. Unit 15 of 20Verbs ending in ה: לִרְצוֹת, לִשְׁתּוֹת, לִקְנוֹת
  16. Unit 16 of 20Verbs ending in ה: קָנִיתִי, רָצִיתִי, הָיִיתִי
  17. Unit 17 of 20Two-letter verbs: לָגוּר, לָקוּם, לָרוּץ
  18. Unit 18 of 20Throat letters at the end: שׁוֹמֵעַ, יוֹדֵעַ, קוֹרֵא
  19. Unit 19 of 20Pi'el in the past: דִּבֵּר, סִפֵּר, שִׁלֵּם
  20. Unit 20 of 20«That» after I think, I say, I know: שֶׁ