Thursday, February 4, 2010

Hebrew: Nominative Pronouns, The, And, and Gender

Israel

An alternative name for Israel is בארץ ba'aretz meaning in the land.

Nominative Pronouns


אני
אתה – את
הוא – היא

אנחנו
אתם – אתן
הם – הן

ani
atah - at
hu - hi

anakhnu
atem - aten
hem - hen

The

Just like the inseparable pronouns the article the, ה ha is attached to the noun.

the taxi driver
הנהג מונית
the'driver taxi

And


The word and, ו v works like the. You can also use multiple pre-fixes.

you and me
אתה ואני
ani v'atah

the flower and the king
הפרח וחמלך
ha'perakh v'ha'melekh

Where

When asking where someone is from the correct term is where, מאין me'ayin but many Israelis incorrectly use מאיפה me'eyfoh meaning from where.

Gender

Nouns are masculine or feminine. Feminine singular nouns end in ah/it/et most often. Counntries and cities are always feminine.
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