Verbs are conceived as present participles in present tense: eg you drive = you are a driving one. Therefore verbs are not conjugated as in English, but treated as adjectives, which conform to the gender of the subject.
Present of the verb noten – give:
| male | female | ||
| I, you, he, she | give, gives | נותן | נותנת |
| noten | notenet | ||
| we, you, they | give | נותנים | נותנות |
| notnim | notnot |
Likewise verbs can adopt the meaning of a noun. So the buying one can become the buyer (ha-koneh), “the guarding one” becomes “the guard” (ha-shomer), the watching one is the spectator or the scout (ha-tzofeh), the working one becomes the employee (ha-oved), the acting one a worker (ha-po’el).
More Verbs:
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd person sing. | singular | plural | infinitive | ||
| to… | male | female | male | female | eg to act |
| function, act, (the) worker | פועל | פועלת | פועלים | פועלות | לפעול |
| po’el | po’elet | po’alim | po’alot | lif’ol | |
| work, (the) employee | עובד | עובדת | עובדים | עובדות | לעבוד |
| oved | ovedet | ovdim | ovdot | la'avod | |
| build | בונה | בונה | בונים | בונות | לבנות |
| boneh | bonah | bonim | bonot | livnot | |
| make | עושה | עושה | עושים | עושות | לעשות |
| oseh | osah | osim | osot | la’asot | |
| learn | לומד | לומדת | לומדים | לומדות | ללמוד |
| lomed | lomedet | lomdim | lomdot | lilmod | |
| go | הולך | הולכת | הולכים | הולכות | ללכת |
| holech | holechet | holchim | holchot | lalechet | |
| take | לוקח | לוקחת | לוקחים | לוקחות | לקחת |
| loke’ach | lokachat | lokchim | lokchot | lakachat | |
| ride, (the) passenger | נוסע | נוסעת | נוסעים | נוסעות | לנסוע |
| nose’a | nosa'at | nos'im | nos'ot | linsoa | |
| stand | עומד | עומדת | עומדים | עומדות | לעמוד |
| omed | omedet | omdim | omdot | la’amod | |
| sit | יושב | יושבת | יושבים | יושבות | לשבת |
| yoshev | yoshevet | yoshvim | yoshvot | lashevet | |
| want | רוצה | רוצה | רוצים | רוצות | לרצות |
| rotzeh | rotzah | rotzim | rotzot | lirtzot | |