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19 Cards in this Set
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What changes in a noun when goes from singular to plural?
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The vowels of the noun often change when the plural endings are added
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How do masculine nouns become plural?
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Masculine nouns are usually made plural by adding the ending אִ׳ם
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How do feminine nouns become plural?
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Femine nouns are usually made plural by adding the ending וׄת
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What happens to feminine nouns that end in ה ָ
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They lose the letter ה when the feminine plural
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Do all nouns follow the basic rules for forming plurals?
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No. Those that don't follow the normal rules have irregular plural forms
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How are they irregular?
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Masculine nouns sometimes take the feminine plural ending and feminine nouns sometimes take masculine plural endings
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How do the subject and verb agree?
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The subject and verb always agree in number and gender
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Men/people
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the plural form of man אֲנָשׁ׳ם ,
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What are the inseparable prepositions?
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in, with,on בְּ־
like, as כְּ־ to, for לְ־ |
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Why are these called inseparable prepositions?
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Because they are always attached to other words. They are not words that stand alone.
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How do these prepositions change when they are attached to ה, the?
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1. The ה is dropped
Any vowel that appeared under the ה is transferred to the prepositions כּ־,בּ־ or ל־ 3. Any dagesh that appeared in the first letter following the ה is preserved. |
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What do you need to remember about proper nouns?
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They cannot take the definite article ה. Therefore, they cannot take a כַּ־בַּ־ or לַ־.
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the preposition לְ־ is often interchangeable with what other preposition?
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It is interchaneable with the preposition אֶל
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What can the preposition לְ־ mean?
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It can mean either to or for.
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What can the preposition בְּ־ mean?
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It can mean either in, with or on
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what is the pattern for the plural verb in the perfect tense?
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אׇאְאוׄ
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Does this pattern change for masculine and feminine verb forms?
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no, this verb form is used for both the masculine and feminine in the plural
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Can a proper noun take a
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No
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If a proper noun cannot take a ה What does that imply about the prepositions בַּ־ , כַּ־ , לַ־
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If a proper noun cannot take a ה it cannot take the prepositions either
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