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Index

a) the 7 conjugations of verbs – ha-binyanim
b) the genitive (eg king Lear’s death)
c) the possessive pronoun (my, your, his etc.)
d) the possessive ending appended to the noun
e) forming the accusative with the preposition et
f) the first binyan: the active conjugation pa’al

The word pa’al means: he acted. All verbs listed so far are pa’al-verbs. In present tense you will recognize pa’al-verbs by the vocalization o-e, eg holech, goes

present tense of the pa'al-verb latet – "to give"		male	female
I, you, he, she	give / gives	נותן	נותנת
		noten	notenet
we, you, they	give	נותנים	נותנות
		notnim	notnot

The binyan pa’al is also called kal (light, simple) in one-syllable verbs.

present tense of the kal-verb lakum – "to rise"		male	female
I, you, he, she	rise / s	קם	קמה
		kam	kama
we, you, they	rise	קמים	קמות
		kamim	kamot

more kal-verbs:

	singular		plural
to…	male	female	male	female	infinitive
come	בא	באה	באים	באות	לבוא
	ba	ba’a	ba’im	ba’ot	lavo
live, dwell	גר	גרה	גרים	גרות	לגור
	gar	gara	garim	garot	lagur
run	רץ	רצה	רצים	רצות	לרוץ
	raz	raza	razim	razot	laruz
sing	שר	שרה	שרים	שרות	לשיר
	shar	shara	sharim	sharot	lashir

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