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מִ with endings: מִמֶּנִּי, מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּנּוּ

מִ is the letter for «from»: מִתֵּל אָבִיב «from Tel Aviv», מֵהָעֲבוֹדָה «from work». With a pronoun it cannot stay one letter, so it becomes מִמֶּן plus the ending: מִמֶּנִּי «from me», מִמְּךָ «from you» (m.), מִמֵּךְ (f.), מִמֶּנּוּ «from him», מִמֶּנָּה «from her», מֵאִתָּנוּ «from us», מִכֶּם «from you» (pl.), מֵהֶם «from them».

Where you meet it most: after asking and receiving (בִּקַּשְׁתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ «I asked him», קִבַּלְתִּי מִמֶּנָּה «I got it from her»), after לָמַד «to learn from», and in comparisons, because «than» is מִ: הוּא גָּבוֹהַּ מִמֶּנִּי, «he is taller than me». Careful: מִמֶּנּוּ is «from him», and «from us» is מֵאִתָּנוּ.

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Step 31 of 35 · Explanation

מִ with endings: מִמֶּנִּי, מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּנּוּ

is the letter for «from»: , .

With a pronoun it cannot stay one letter, so it becomes plus the ending: «from me», «from you (m.)», «from you (f.)», «from him», «from her», «from us», «from you (pl.)», «from them».

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Questions

How do you say «taller than me» in Hebrew?
גָּבוֹהַּ מִמֶּנִּי (gavoa mimeni). «Than» is מִ, and with «me» it becomes מִמֶּנִּי.
How do you say «from him» and «from us»?
מִמֶּנּוּ (mimenu) is «from him». «From us» is a different word, מֵאִתָּנוּ (me’itanu), so the two never clash.
Can I say מִן אֲנִי?
No. With a pronoun מִ always takes the ending: מִמֶּנִּי, מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּנָּה.

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The units

  1. Unit 1 of 35The pronouns: אֲנִי, אַתָּה, אַתְּ, הוּא, הִיא
  2. Unit 2 of 35Nouns: masculine or feminine, one or many
  3. Unit 3 of 35Strong verbs: לוֹמֵד, לוֹמֶדֶת, לוֹמְדִים, לוֹמְדוֹת
  4. Unit 4 of 35The adjective follows the noun and copies it
  5. Unit 5 of 35«And» is a letter: וְ
  6. Unit 6 of 35ב for where you are, ל for where you go
  7. Unit 7 of 35Strong verbs: לִלְמֹד, לִכְתֹּב, לִסְגֹּר
  8. Unit 8 of 35Strong verbs: כָּתַבְתִּי, לָמַדְתִּי, סָגַרְתִּי
  9. Unit 9 of 35Pi’el: מְדַבֵּר, מְדַבֶּרֶת, מְדַבְּרִים, מְדַבְּרוֹת
  10. Unit 10 of 35Time words: הַיּוֹם, מָחָר, אֶתְמוֹל, בַּבֹּקֶר
  11. Unit 11 of 35Two-letter verbs: גָּר, גָּרָה, גָּרִים, גָּרוֹת
  12. Unit 12 of 35Verbs ending in ה: רוֹצֶה, רוֹצָה, רוֹצִים, רוֹצוֹת
  13. Unit 13 of 35Two-letter verbs: גַּרְתִּי, קַמְתִּי, בָּאתִי
  14. Unit 14 of 35I had: הָיָה לִי, הָיְתָה לִי, הָיוּ לִי
  15. Unit 15 of 35Verbs ending in ה: לִרְצוֹת, לִשְׁתּוֹת, לִקְנוֹת
  16. Unit 16 of 35Verbs ending in ה: קָנִיתִי, רָצִיתִי, הָיִיתִי
  17. Unit 17 of 35Two-letter verbs: לָגוּר, לָקוּם, לָרוּץ
  18. Unit 18 of 35Throat letters at the end: שׁוֹמֵעַ, יוֹדֵעַ, קוֹרֵא
  19. Unit 19 of 35Pi'el in the past: דִּבֵּר, סִפֵּר, שִׁלֵּם
  20. Unit 20 of 35«That» after I think, I say, I know: שֶׁ
  21. Unit 21 of 35Verbs starting with י: לָשֶׁבֶת, לָרֶדֶת, לָלֶכֶת
  22. Unit 22 of 35Adverbs: the word after the verb never changes
  23. Unit 23 of 35Hif'il in the past: הִסְבִּיר, הִזְמִין, הִתְחִיל
  24. Unit 24 of 35Hitpa'el in the past: הִתְלַבֵּשׁ, הִתְחַתֵּן, הִסְתַּכֵּל
  25. Unit 25 of 35לָכֵן: the result after the reason
  26. Unit 26 of 35One word for the past: רַצְתִּי, not הָיִיתִי לָרוּץ
  27. Unit 27 of 35עַל with endings: עָלַי, עָלֶיךָ, עָלָיו
  28. Unit 28 of 35אֵצֶל with endings: אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלְךָ, אֶצְלוֹ
  29. Unit 29 of 35The dual: יוֹמַיִם, שְׁבוּעַיִם, פַּעֲמַיִם
  30. Unit 30 of 35I will have: יִהְיֶה לִי, תִּהְיֶה לִי, יִהְיוּ לִי
  31. Unit 31 of 35מִ with endings: מִמֶּנִּי, מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּנּוּ
  32. Unit 32 of 35Two-letter verbs in the future: אָגוּר, אָקוּם, אָבוֹא
  33. Unit 33 of 35The imperative and אַל: קוּם! אַל תָּקוּם!
  34. Unit 34 of 35Strong verbs in the future: אֶכְתֹּב, יִרְקֹד, נִסְגֹּר
  35. Unit 35 of 35Pi'el in the future: אֲדַבֵּר, יְסַדֵּר, נְשַׁלֵּם