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Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

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1 To describe someone’s or something’s appearance or clothing ornature, by a kind of transfer of the adjective to the person themselves.The phrase is hyphenated. Some of them are rather bookish.Examples:Theconstruct asa possessive -broad-shouldered fellows - high-minded politicians -a long-term program2 To describe the make-up of something, certain adjectives such as ‘full’ can be used in the construct: a smoke-filled room smoke-filled rooms dust-covered carpets an oil-rich country low-fat margarineMaking a whole sentence (as against a phrase), use rather than theconstruct: 3 In addition, formal <strong>Hebrew</strong> uses and in the construct fordescribing the appearance or characteristics of someone or something: children with long, curly hair this program is of particular importance a group lacking an ethnic identity133

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