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Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

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Level Two3 Corresponding to PI’EL ‘to convene’: , ‘convened’ , , * For " verbs, the letter yod is added for the ‘missing’ final consonant; forexample:bake baked fishExamples:1 it’s broken ' the jeans are sold2 a recorded talk it’s ready3 he’s deprived in big demand stolen property a neglected area an organized tripThe PI’EL and HIF’IL passive adjectives are identical with the presenttense forms of the passive binyanim, PU’AL and HUF’AL. The PA’ALpassive adjective, on the other hand, is to be distinguished (usually) fromthe present tense NIF’AL, which does the job of a verb: It’s breaking, it breaks (verb) It’s broken (passive adjective)70 Adjectives from nounsMany adjectives are created from nouns, by adding the suffix : 124 sea education marine educational

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