lessons 49 and 50 mah ata amarta?

 

lessons 49 and 50

 

mah ata amarta? 

 

?מה אתה אמרת


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more 2nd p. sg. past tense today: XaXaX-ta (masc.)  and XaXaX-t (fem.)

 

 

and I 'd also like to mention something else regarding the three root consonants I've been mentioning so often over the last few posts:

 



the three consonants do not only appear in verbs but also in nouns and often enough the same consonants signal a relationship in meaning between the word containing them:

katav = he wrote
כתב
michtav = a letter (something written)

מכתב 

 

in the transcription it may appear confusing at first because the letter כ  stands for k and ch.

 

this relationship exists for great numbers of verbs and nouns and I'll mention a lot of them later and you'll see that it makes learning new words easier at some point.  For now just remember that this relationship exists.  

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אתה אמרת                     ata amarta                               you said (masc.)

את אמרת                       at amart                                   you said (fem.)

?מה אתה אמרת              mah ata amarta?                      what did you say? (masc.)

כלום                              kloum                                      nothing

?את אמרת משהו             at amart mashehu?                  did you say something? (fem.)

אתה כתבת                     ata katavta                               you wrote (masc.)

את כתבת                       at katavt                                  you wrote (fem.)

?אתה כתבת המכתב        ata katavta hamichtav?          did you write the letter? (masc.)

?מה את כתבת                 mah at katavt?                        what did you write? (fem.)

אתה רצית                       ata ratzita                                you wanted (masc.)

              

את רצית                         at ratzit                                    you wanted (fem.)

?מה אתה רצית                mah ata ratzita?                       what did you want? (masc.)

?את רצית משהו               at ratzit mashehu                      did you want something? (fem.)

ו                                    ve                                              and

?בן כמה אתה                 ben kamah ata?

אני בן עשרים ואחד         anee ben essrim ve'achat            I am 21 

?בת כמה את                  bat kamah at?

אני בת שלולים                anee bat shloshim                     I am 30

and your memory is already waiting for its session on memrise:

http://www.memrise.com/course/82286/modern-hebrew-for-beginners-3/