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Verbs that lose a letter: אֵשֵׁב, אֵלֵךְ, אֶתֵּן

A few verbs start with י: יוֹשֵׁב, יוֹרֵד, יוֹצֵא, יוֹדֵעַ, and הוֹלֵךְ behaves like them. In the future that י is gone and the person’s letter takes e: אֵשֵׁב «I will sit», תֵּשֵׁב, יֵשֵׁב, נֵשֵׁב. So אֵלֵךְ «I will go», אֵרֵד «I will go down», אֵצֵא «I will go out», אֵדַע «I will know».

Verbs that start with נ lose it too, and the next letter gets a dot: נוֹתֵן gives אֶתֵּן «I will give», יִתֵּן; נוֹסֵעַ gives אֶסַּע «I will travel», נִסַּע; נוֹפֵל gives יִפֹּל «he will fall». The order drops the ת of the future and is very short: שֵׁב! «sit!», לֵךְ! «go!», צֵא! «out!», תֵּן! «give!»; to a woman שְׁבִי, לְכִי, תְּנִי.

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Step 37 of 40 · Explanation

Verbs that lose a letter: אֵשֵׁב, אֵלֵךְ, אֶתֵּן

A few verbs start with : , , , , and behaves like them.

In the future that is gone and the person's letter takes e: «I will sit», , , , , .

So «I will go», «I will go down», «I will go out», «I will know» (the bends the end to a).

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Questions

How do you say «I will go» in Hebrew?
אֵלֵךְ (elech). הוֹלֵךְ loses its first letter in the future, like the י verbs: אֵלֵךְ, תֵּלֵךְ, יֵלֵךְ, נֵלֵךְ.
How do you say «I will give»?
אֶתֵּן (eten). The נ of נוֹתֵן disappears, and the ת takes a dot in its place.
How do you tell a woman «sit down!»?
שְׁבִי! (shvi): the future תֵּשְׁבִי without its ת. To a man שֵׁב!, to several people שְׁבוּ!

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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