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Pi’el ending in ה, all tenses: מְגַלֶּה, גִּלִּיתִי, אֲגַלֶּה

Seven very common verbs are pi’el and end in ה: מְחַכֶּה «wait», מְנַסֶּה «try», מְקַוֶּה «hope», מְגַלֶּה «discover», מְצַפֶּה «expect», מְבַלֶּה «spend time», מְלַוֶּה «accompany». They keep pi’el’s shape and do with the ה what רוֹצֶה does. Present: מְחַכֶּה, מְחַכָּה, מְחַכִּים.

Past: the ה becomes י before the ת and נ endings, and drops before ־ָה and ־וּ: חִכִּיתִי «I waited», חִכָּה «he waited», נִסְּתָה «she tried», גִּלּוּ «they discovered». Future: the ה stays with e and drops before ־ִי and ־וּ: אֲגַלֶּה, תְּגַלִּי, יְגַלּוּ. Infinitive: לְחַכּוֹת, לְנַסּוֹת. Watch out: מְחַכֶּה takes לְ: חִכִּיתִי לְךָ «I waited for you».

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Pi'el ending in ה, all tenses: מְגַלֶּה, גִּלִּיתִי, אֲגַלֶּה

Seven verbs of the book are pi'el and end in : «discover», «try», «wait», «hope», «expect», «spend time», «accompany».

They keep pi'el's shape ( in the present, i-e in the past, the person's letter in the future) and do with the what does.

Present: , , , .

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Questions

How do you say «I waited for you» in Hebrew?
חִכִּיתִי לְךָ (chikiti lecha), or לָךְ to a woman. The ה of מְחַכֶּה becomes י before ־תִי, and «wait for someone» takes לְ.
How do you say «she tried»?
נִסְּתָה (nista): ־תָה at the end, and the ה of the root disappears. «He tried» is נִסָּה.
How do you say «I hope you will come»?
אֲנִי מְקַוֶּה שֶׁתָּבוֹא: מְקַוֶּה plus שֶׁ and the future.

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The units

  1. Unit 1 of 45The pronouns: אֲנִי, אַתָּה, אַתְּ, הוּא, הִיא
  2. Unit 2 of 45Nouns: masculine or feminine, one or many
  3. Unit 3 of 45Strong verbs: לוֹמֵד, לוֹמֶדֶת, לוֹמְדִים, לוֹמְדוֹת
  4. Unit 4 of 45The adjective follows the noun and copies it
  5. Unit 5 of 45«And» is a letter: וְ
  6. Unit 6 of 45ב for where you are, ל for where you go
  7. Unit 7 of 45Strong verbs: לִלְמֹד, לִכְתֹּב, לִסְגֹּר
  8. Unit 8 of 45Strong verbs: כָּתַבְתִּי, לָמַדְתִּי, סָגַרְתִּי
  9. Unit 9 of 45Pi’el: מְדַבֵּר, מְדַבֶּרֶת, מְדַבְּרִים, מְדַבְּרוֹת
  10. Unit 10 of 45Time words: הַיּוֹם, מָחָר, אֶתְמוֹל, בַּבֹּקֶר
  11. Unit 11 of 45Two-letter verbs: גָּר, גָּרָה, גָּרִים, גָּרוֹת
  12. Unit 12 of 45Verbs ending in ה: רוֹצֶה, רוֹצָה, רוֹצִים, רוֹצוֹת
  13. Unit 13 of 45Two-letter verbs: גַּרְתִּי, קַמְתִּי, בָּאתִי
  14. Unit 14 of 45I had: הָיָה לִי, הָיְתָה לִי, הָיוּ לִי
  15. Unit 15 of 45Verbs ending in ה: לִרְצוֹת, לִשְׁתּוֹת, לִקְנוֹת
  16. Unit 16 of 45Verbs ending in ה: קָנִיתִי, רָצִיתִי, הָיִיתִי
  17. Unit 17 of 45Two-letter verbs: לָגוּר, לָקוּם, לָרוּץ
  18. Unit 18 of 45Throat letters at the end: שׁוֹמֵעַ, יוֹדֵעַ, קוֹרֵא
  19. Unit 19 of 45Pi'el in the past: דִּבֵּר, סִפֵּר, שִׁלֵּם
  20. Unit 20 of 45«That» after I think, I say, I know: שֶׁ
  21. Unit 21 of 45Verbs starting with י: לָשֶׁבֶת, לָרֶדֶת, לָלֶכֶת
  22. Unit 22 of 45Adverbs: the word after the verb never changes
  23. Unit 23 of 45Hif'il in the past: הִסְבִּיר, הִזְמִין, הִתְחִיל
  24. Unit 24 of 45Hitpa'el in the past: הִתְלַבֵּשׁ, הִתְחַתֵּן, הִסְתַּכֵּל
  25. Unit 25 of 45לָכֵן: the result after the reason
  26. Unit 26 of 45One word for the past: רַצְתִּי, not הָיִיתִי לָרוּץ
  27. Unit 27 of 45עַל with endings: עָלַי, עָלֶיךָ, עָלָיו
  28. Unit 28 of 45אֵצֶל with endings: אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלְךָ, אֶצְלוֹ
  29. Unit 29 of 45The dual: יוֹמַיִם, שְׁבוּעַיִם, פַּעֲמַיִם
  30. Unit 30 of 45I will have: יִהְיֶה לִי, תִּהְיֶה לִי, יִהְיוּ לִי
  31. Unit 31 of 45מִ with endings: מִמֶּנִּי, מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּנּוּ
  32. Unit 32 of 45Two-letter verbs in the future: אָגוּר, אָקוּם, אָבוֹא
  33. Unit 33 of 45The imperative and אַל: קוּם! אַל תָּקוּם!
  34. Unit 34 of 45Strong verbs in the future: אֶכְתֹּב, יִרְקֹד, נִסְגֹּר
  35. Unit 35 of 45Pi'el in the future: אֲדַבֵּר, יְסַדֵּר, נְשַׁלֵּם
  36. Unit 36 of 45Verbs ending in ה, and לִהְיוֹת: יִקְנֶה, יַעֲשֶׂה, יִהְיֶה
  37. Unit 37 of 45Verbs that lose a letter: אֵשֵׁב, אֵלֵךְ, אֶתֵּן
  38. Unit 38 of 45בְּ with endings: בִּי, בְּךָ, בּוֹ, בָּהּ
  39. Unit 39 of 45Hitpa'el in the future, and the letter swaps: אֶתְחַתֵּן, אֶסְתַּכֵּל, אֶצְטַעֵר
  40. Unit 40 of 45Hif'il in the future: אַרְגִּישׁ, תַּסְבִּיר, יַזְמִין
  41. Unit 41 of 45Nif'al: נִכְנָס, לְהִכָּנֵס, נִכְנַסְתִּי, אֶכָּנֵס
  42. Unit 42 of 45אֶל with endings: אֵלַי, אֵלֶיךָ, אֵלָיו
  43. Unit 43 of 45The possessive glued to the noun: סִפְרִי, אִשְׁתִּי, בֵּיתוֹ
  44. Unit 44 of 45All the endings in one table: לִי, אוֹתִי, שֶׁלִּי, עָלַי, אֵלַי, מִמֶּנִּי
  45. Unit 45 of 45Pi'el ending in ה, all tenses: מְגַלֶּה, גִּלִּיתִי, אֲגַלֶּה