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Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

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Level Two7 - , - etc.<strong>Hebrew</strong> has some twenty short prefixes which can be hyphenated to anoun, after which the noun is given the suffix , creating a phrasaladjective. The whole phenomenon is reminiscent of Europeanterminology like ‘supersonic’, ‘subterranean’, and is much used intechnical <strong>Hebrew</strong>. Examples: -supersonic ( sound) - submarine - anti-war -international - one-way, unidirectional -bilingual -multi-purpose72 Present tense ‘verbs’ as nouns and adjectivesMany nouns corresponding to the ‘seller’, ‘runner’, ‘inspector’,‘consultant’ type (agent nouns) are simply formed by utilizing presenttense verbs. judge seamstress builder investor salesgirl customer beginner visitor migrant settler128There are, however, several other patterns for agent nouns (see 66–7).

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