As the Hebrew language knows only one past tense, it is used in the sequence of tenses as well as in the subordinate clause:
After I had washed the dishes, I went to sleep. |
.אחרי ששטפתי את הכלים, הלכתי לישון |
achare she-shatafti et ha-kelim, halachti lishon |
reported speech: There are no set rules. Unusual: in simultaneity of past tense the subordinate clause appears in present tense:
He said, that he wanted to go on holiday. |
.הוא אמר שהוא רוצה לנסוע לחופשה |
(= He said, that he wants to go on holiday.) |
hu amar, she-hu rotze linso’a le-chufshah |