Hebrew Pa\'al Subcategories Of The Pa\'al

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maironiss Tuesday 20th of June 2006 10:14:04 PM
Pa\'al - Who can describe all subcategories of the Verb category Pa\'al?

roeeh Friday 23rd of June 2006 06:48:54 PM
- hi maironiss

indeed, pa\'al structure has some subcategories, some are more important then the others. i presume that if you ask about it you already know how to use the past and future tenses.

in the past tense, pa\'al has 3 forms:
1. שמר - shamar = guarded (root ש.מ.ר )
2. ישן - yashen = slept (root י.ש.נ )
3. יכול - yakhol = capable of (root י.כ.ל )

the first form is by far the most common form, and i would say that more than 95% of the roots in this structure belong to this form. moreover - it is so dominant that if you ask any avarage hebrew speaker, they will tell you that the verbs i wrote in the second and third forms are in the present tenses, and in the past tense they will be in the first form (*yashan, *yakhal), but this is NOT correct though commonly believed to be so. i think it\'s possible to say that in modern spoken hebrew the last two forms almost don\'t exist in the past tense (they do, however exist as present tense forms).

in the future tense there are 2 forms:
1. ישמור - yishmor = will guard (root ש.מ.ר )
2. ילמד - yilmad = will learn (root ל.מ.ד )

in this tense the division is different and it\'s about 50-50. the personal pronoun prefixes and sufixes stay the same in both forms.
there is not good way that i know for knowing which root belongs to which form. sorry :).

the imperative forms are derived, as usual, from the future forms, and so:
1. שמור - shmor = guard!
2. למד - lmad = learn!

NOTE:
all this is true for the normal pattern, when you get into the other patterns (גזרות ), some forms might change a little.
patterns are irregular systems of conjuction for roots that begin in נ, and verbs that has א, ה,ו or י as one of the root letters, but that is a much more advanced step in learning hebrew.

hope you are not too confused, but, again, you asked for it.
feel free to ask any question.

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	maironiss	Tuesday 20th of June 2006 10:14:04 PM
	Pa\'al - Who can describe all subcategories of the Verb category Pa\'al?
	roeeh	Friday 23rd of June 2006 06:48:54 PM
	- hi maironiss indeed, pa\'al structure has some subcategories, some are more important then the others. i presume that if you ask about it you already know how to use the past and future tenses. in the past tense, pa\'al has 3 forms: 1. שמר - shamar = guarded (root ש.מ.ר ) 2. ישן - yashen = slept (root י.ש.נ ) 3. יכול - yakhol = capable of (root י.כ.ל ) the first form is by far the most common form, and i would say that more than 95% of the roots in this structure belong to this form. moreover - it is so dominant that if you ask any avarage hebrew speaker, they will tell you that the verbs i wrote in the second and third forms are in the present tenses, and in the past tense they will be in the first form (yashan, yakhal), but this is NOT correct though commonly believed to be so. i think it\'s possible to say that in modern spoken hebrew the last two forms almost don\'t exist in the past tense (they do, however exist as present tense forms). in the future tense there are 2 forms: 1. ישמור - yishmor = will guard (root ש.מ.ר ) 2. ילמד - yilmad = will learn (root ל.מ.ד ) in this tense the division is different and it\'s about 50-50. the personal pronoun prefixes and sufixes stay the same in both forms. there is not good way that i know for knowing which root belongs to which form. sorry :). the imperative forms are derived, as usual, from the future forms, and so: 1. שמור - shmor = guard! 2. למד - lmad = learn! NOTE: all this is true for the normal pattern, when you get into the other patterns (גזרות ), some forms might change a little. patterns are irregular systems of conjuction for roots that begin in נ, and verbs that has א, ה,ו or י as one of the root letters, but that is a much more advanced step in learning hebrew. hope you are not too confused, but, again, you asked for it. feel free to ask any question.