Урок 12: Past Tense (Paal)
Past tense in Binyan Paal
Past Tense Paal — עבר בניין פעל
Learning past tense conjugation in Paal
⏮️ Grammar: Past Tense in Paal
📐 Key Features:
1. Suffixes are added to the root
2. Changes by person, gender, and number
3. Different from present tense
🎯 Past Tense Suffixes:
| Person | Singular (m./f.) | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st (I) | -תִּי | -נוּ (we) |
| 2nd (you m.) | -תָּ | -תֶּם (you m.pl.) |
| 2nd (you f.) | -תְּ | -תֶּן (you f.pl.) |
| 3rd (he) | — | -וּ (they m.) |
| 3rd (she) | -ָה | -וּ (they f.) |
📚 Example: לִכְתּוֹב (to write)
| Person | Form | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| אני | כָּתַבְתִּי | I wrote |
| אתה | כָּתַבְתָּ | you wrote (m.) |
| את | כָּתַבְתְּ | you wrote (f.) |
| הוא | כָּתַב | he wrote |
| היא | כָּתְבָה | she wrote |
| אנחנו | כָּתַבְנוּ | we wrote |
| הם/הן | כָּתְבוּ | they wrote |
📝 Examples:
- אֲנִי כָּתַבְתִּי מִכְתָּב — I wrote a letter
- הוּא עָבַד אֶתְמוֹל — He worked yesterday
- הֵם אָכְלוּ אֲרוּחַת בֹּקֶר — They ate breakfast
בְּהַצְלָחָה! — Good luck!
📝 Примеры:
אֲנִי כָּתַבְתִּי מִכְתָּב
[ani katavti mikhtav]
I wrote a letter
הוּא עָבַד אֶתְמוֹל
[hu avad etmol]
He worked yesterday