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Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

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Degree words also go with verbs: I very much regret it It bothers me a little It’s rubbing too muchThe pattern :‘I want tosneeze’43 Adverbs of time and place in the sentenceAdverbs of time and place can safely be placed in the same position as inEnglish: first, last or (for some time adverbs) right after the subject. Theonly difference this usually makes to the meaning is a nuance in emphasis. Now he’s asleep He’s now asleep He’s asleep now There I buy cloth I buy cloth thereUnlike English, <strong>Hebrew</strong> adverbs can also come between verb and object: (lit. ‘I buy there cloth’)44–9 EMBEDDED CLAUSES44 The pattern LѬԼгÌíÐñ íÓ®Òîþ ÌòÎê : ‘I want to sneeze’Many <strong>Hebrew</strong> verbs take an infinitive, just like English ‘want to’ – forexample, ‘want’, ‘refuse’, ‘try’: I want to sneeze73

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