Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

Level TwoIn fact, a single is common for ‘or’ when there is no ‘either’:? , Is there more, or haven’t you finished yet? , I walk, or I take a cab104 Clauses as subject: ‘Painting is fun’The Hebrew equivalent of the English verbal noun in ‘-ing’ is either theaction noun, e.g. ‘painting’, or else the infinitive, e.g. . For‘-ing’ as subject of a clause, particularly in speech, one usually finds aninfinitive, something like: Painting is fun Helping a bit isn’t going to hurt you Burning garbage causes pollution serving as the verb ‘be’ here – this often happens after anNoticeinfinitive in constructions of this kind.105 Relative clausesa Relative clauses with a pronounThe basic relative clause with for ‘who, which’ was introduced in 47.But to render ‘with whom, with which, for whom, for which’ and the like,one must insert an extra pronoun:160 the guy I was speaking with the stall at which I bought fruit