How do you say «I know» in Hebrew?

אֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ (yodea) if a man says it, אֲנִי יוֹדַעַת (yoda’at) if a woman does. «I don’t know» is אֲנִי לֹא יוֹדֵעַ, or לֹא יוֹדַעַת.

Why does שׁוֹמֵעַ have that mark under the ע?

It is a small a, read before the ע: sho-me-a. It is called a furtive patach, and it appears under ע and ח at the end of a word.

How do you say «I read» in Hebrew?

אֲנִי קוֹרֵא (kore) for a man, אֲנִי קוֹרֵאת (koret) for a woman. The א at the end is silent, and the feminine just adds ת.

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Throat letters at the end: שׁוֹמֵעַ, יוֹדֵעַ, קוֹרֵא

When the last root letter is ע or ח, the masculine present slips a small a in before it: שׁוֹמֵעַ «hears», יוֹדֵעַ «knows», לוֹקֵחַ «takes». You say shomea, yodea, lokeach: ע and ח, the throat letters, like the a sound and pull it in.

The feminine changes the tune: a, a instead of e, e, so שׁוֹמַעַת, יוֹדַעַת, לוֹקַחַת. With א at the end, the letter stays silent and the feminine is ־ֵאת: קוֹרֵא, קוֹרֵאת «reads»; מוֹצֵא, מוֹצֵאת «finds». The plural is regular for all of them: שׁוֹמְעִים, יוֹדְעוֹת, קוֹרְאִים.

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Throat letters at the end: שׁוֹמֵעַ, יוֹדֵעַ, קוֹרֵא

When the last root letter is or , the man's form ends with a small a slipped in before it: (sho-me-a), (yo-de-a), (lo-ke-ach).

The woman's form takes a, a instead of e, e: , , .

The plural is regular: , .

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How do you say «I know» in Hebrew?: אֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ (yodea) if a man says it, אֲנִי יוֹדַעַת (yoda’at) if a woman does. «I don’t know» is אֲנִי לֹא יוֹדֵעַ, or לֹא יוֹדַעַת.
Why does שׁוֹמֵעַ have that mark under the ע?: It is a small a, read before the ע: sho-me-a. It is called a furtive patach, and it appears under ע and ח at the end of a word.
How do you say «I read» in Hebrew?: אֲנִי קוֹרֵא (kore) for a man, אֲנִי קוֹרֵאת (koret) for a woman. The א at the end is silent, and the feminine just adds ת.

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Throat letters at the end: שׁוֹמֵעַ, יוֹדֵעַ, קוֹרֵא

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