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Verbs ending in ה in the future, and לִהְיוֹת: יִקְנֶה, יַעֲשֶׂה, יִהְיֶה

Verbs whose root ends in ה keep that ה in the future, with the vowel e: אֶקְנֶה «I will buy», תִּקְנֶה «you will buy», יִקְנֶה «he will buy», נִקְנֶה «we will buy». Before ־ִי and ־וּ the ה goes away: תִּקְנִי, יִקְנוּ. The same for יִרְצֶה «he will want», יִרְאֶה «he will see», יִשְׁתֶּה «he will drink», and with the throat-letter bend, יַעֲשֶׂה «he will do».

לִהְיוֹת «to be» belongs to this group, and it is the verb you need most, because Hebrew has no present of «to be» and the future has to say «will be»: אֶהְיֶה, תִּהְיֶה, יִהְיֶה, נִהְיֶה, תִּהְיוּ, יִהְיוּ. After «I ask that», «I want that», the second verb goes into the future: אֲנִי מְבַקֵּשׁ שֶׁתִּהְיֶה בְּשֶׁקֶט, «I ask you to be quiet».

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Step 36 of 40 · Explanation

Verbs ending in ה, and לִהְיוֹת: יִקְנֶה, יַעֲשֶׂה, יִהְיֶה

The verbs whose root ends in keep that in the future with the vowel e: «I will buy», «you will buy», «he will buy», «we will buy».

Before and the goes away: , , .

The same for «he will want», «he will see», «he will drink», and with the throat-letter bend, «he will do», «I will do».

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Questions

How do you say «I will be» in Hebrew?
אֶהְיֶה (ehye). «We will be» is נִהְיֶה, «they will be» יִהְיוּ: the future of לִהְיוֹת.
How do you ask a woman «what will you do?»
מָה תַּעֲשִׂי? (ma ta’asi): before ־ִי the ה of תַּעֲשֶׂה disappears.
Why does «I ask you to be quiet» use the future?
Because after מְבַקֵּשׁ שֶׁ or רוֹצֶה שֶׁ Hebrew puts the future: שֶׁתִּהְיֶה בְּשֶׁקֶט, not the infinitive.

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The units

  1. Unit 1 of 40The pronouns: אֲנִי, אַתָּה, אַתְּ, הוּא, הִיא
  2. Unit 2 of 40Nouns: masculine or feminine, one or many
  3. Unit 3 of 40Strong verbs: לוֹמֵד, לוֹמֶדֶת, לוֹמְדִים, לוֹמְדוֹת
  4. Unit 4 of 40The adjective follows the noun and copies it
  5. Unit 5 of 40«And» is a letter: וְ
  6. Unit 6 of 40ב for where you are, ל for where you go
  7. Unit 7 of 40Strong verbs: לִלְמֹד, לִכְתֹּב, לִסְגֹּר
  8. Unit 8 of 40Strong verbs: כָּתַבְתִּי, לָמַדְתִּי, סָגַרְתִּי
  9. Unit 9 of 40Pi’el: מְדַבֵּר, מְדַבֶּרֶת, מְדַבְּרִים, מְדַבְּרוֹת
  10. Unit 10 of 40Time words: הַיּוֹם, מָחָר, אֶתְמוֹל, בַּבֹּקֶר
  11. Unit 11 of 40Two-letter verbs: גָּר, גָּרָה, גָּרִים, גָּרוֹת
  12. Unit 12 of 40Verbs ending in ה: רוֹצֶה, רוֹצָה, רוֹצִים, רוֹצוֹת
  13. Unit 13 of 40Two-letter verbs: גַּרְתִּי, קַמְתִּי, בָּאתִי
  14. Unit 14 of 40I had: הָיָה לִי, הָיְתָה לִי, הָיוּ לִי
  15. Unit 15 of 40Verbs ending in ה: לִרְצוֹת, לִשְׁתּוֹת, לִקְנוֹת
  16. Unit 16 of 40Verbs ending in ה: קָנִיתִי, רָצִיתִי, הָיִיתִי
  17. Unit 17 of 40Two-letter verbs: לָגוּר, לָקוּם, לָרוּץ
  18. Unit 18 of 40Throat letters at the end: שׁוֹמֵעַ, יוֹדֵעַ, קוֹרֵא
  19. Unit 19 of 40Pi'el in the past: דִּבֵּר, סִפֵּר, שִׁלֵּם
  20. Unit 20 of 40«That» after I think, I say, I know: שֶׁ
  21. Unit 21 of 40Verbs starting with י: לָשֶׁבֶת, לָרֶדֶת, לָלֶכֶת
  22. Unit 22 of 40Adverbs: the word after the verb never changes
  23. Unit 23 of 40Hif'il in the past: הִסְבִּיר, הִזְמִין, הִתְחִיל
  24. Unit 24 of 40Hitpa'el in the past: הִתְלַבֵּשׁ, הִתְחַתֵּן, הִסְתַּכֵּל
  25. Unit 25 of 40לָכֵן: the result after the reason
  26. Unit 26 of 40One word for the past: רַצְתִּי, not הָיִיתִי לָרוּץ
  27. Unit 27 of 40עַל with endings: עָלַי, עָלֶיךָ, עָלָיו
  28. Unit 28 of 40אֵצֶל with endings: אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלְךָ, אֶצְלוֹ
  29. Unit 29 of 40The dual: יוֹמַיִם, שְׁבוּעַיִם, פַּעֲמַיִם
  30. Unit 30 of 40I will have: יִהְיֶה לִי, תִּהְיֶה לִי, יִהְיוּ לִי
  31. Unit 31 of 40מִ with endings: מִמֶּנִּי, מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּנּוּ
  32. Unit 32 of 40Two-letter verbs in the future: אָגוּר, אָקוּם, אָבוֹא
  33. Unit 33 of 40The imperative and אַל: קוּם! אַל תָּקוּם!
  34. Unit 34 of 40Strong verbs in the future: אֶכְתֹּב, יִרְקֹד, נִסְגֹּר
  35. Unit 35 of 40Pi'el in the future: אֲדַבֵּר, יְסַדֵּר, נְשַׁלֵּם
  36. Unit 36 of 40Verbs ending in ה, and לִהְיוֹת: יִקְנֶה, יַעֲשֶׂה, יִהְיֶה
  37. Unit 37 of 40Verbs that lose a letter: אֵשֵׁב, אֵלֵךְ, אֶתֵּן
  38. Unit 38 of 40בְּ with endings: בִּי, בְּךָ, בּוֹ, בָּהּ
  39. Unit 39 of 40Hitpa'el in the future, and the letter swaps: אֶתְחַתֵּן, אֶסְתַּכֵּל, אֶצְטַעֵר
  40. Unit 40 of 40Hif'il in the future: אַרְגִּישׁ, תַּסְבִּיר, יַזְמִין