Free grammar · Unit 32 of 35

Two-letter verbs in the future: אָגוּר, אָקוּם, אָבוֹא

In the past the person was an ending (גַּרְתִּי, גַּרְנוּ). In the future the person is a letter in front: א for «I», ת for «you» and «she», י for «he» and «they», נ for «we». The two-letter verbs are the easiest place to hear it, because the body of the verb is the infinitive with its ל taken off: לָגוּר, so אָגוּר «I will live», תָּגוּר «you will live», יָגוּר «he will live», נָגוּר «we will live».

Only two forms add an ending: «you» to a woman takes ־ִי, תָּגוּרִי, and the plurals take ־וּ, יָגוּרוּ «they will live». «She» is the same word as «you» (m.): הִיא תָּגוּר. The whole group runs this way: אָקוּם, אָבוֹא, אָשִׁיר, אָרוּץ, אָטוּס. And «let’s» is בּוֹא plus the «we» form: בּוֹא נָשִׁיר, «let’s sing».

The page has the explanation, the table of לָבוֹא in the future and the first two exercises: «tomorrow I will get up early» and «she will come at eight». The other four, including typing the verb yourself and building a sentence, open with a free account.