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Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

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Level One<strong>An</strong>d using the verb ‘get up’ as a model: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I (masc.) . . . you (masc.) . . .he . . . get(s) upI (fem.) . . . you (fem.) . . .she . . . get(s) upWe . . . you (pl.) . . .they . . . get upWe (fem.) . . . you (fem. pl.) . . .they (fem.) . . . get upb Use of the present tenseThe present tense verb ordinarily requires a personal pronoun (or anoun), as in the preceding table.The meaning of the <strong>Hebrew</strong> present tense basically covers the two Englishtenses ‘I get up’ and ‘I am getting up’ (including the meaning ‘I am due toget up’):? When do you get up on Shabbat?? When are you getting up tomorrow?21 The future tensea Form of the future tense36All verbs form their future tense by using the following prefixes plussuffixes. (The reason for giving these ‘skeletal’ prefixes without vowels isthat the vowels vary according to the verb pattern.)

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