Free grammar · Unit 49 of 51

Huf’al: מֻרְגָּשׁ, הֻרְגַּשׁ, «is felt»

Every hif’il verb has a passive twin: huf’al. The teacher explains, מַסְבִּיר; the rule is explained, מֻסְבָּר. Take the hif’il form and put u under its first letter: present מֻזְמָן «is invited», מֻסְבָּר «is explained», מֻכָּר «is known»; past הֻזְמַן «was invited», הֻזְמְנוּ «were invited», הֻחְלַט «it was decided».

The same words work as adjectives: אוֹרְחִים מֻזְמָנִים «invited guests», פָּנִים מֻכָּרוֹת «a familiar face». And the passives line up: pi’el gives pu’al (מְסַדֵּר, מְסֻדָּר), hif’il gives huf’al (מַזְמִין, מֻזְמָן), pa’al gives nif’al (כּוֹתֵב, נִכְתָּב).

The page has the explanation, the table of hif’il and its huf’al twin and the first two exercises: «all the guests are invited to the wedding» and «it was decided to close the school». The other three, including pairing each active binyan with its passive, open with a free account.