lesson 82: past tense plural (6) hevanou

past tense:  hevanou

                                         David, Re'ut! Aifo atem?
                                         Kan!
                                         Aifo kan?
                                         Ba gan! Mah karah?
                                         Anachnou mechakim!
                                         Mah?
                                         Anachnou mechakim! Rotzim le'echol! Hevantem?
                                         Hevanou! Rega' , anachnou ba'im!

 

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new words:

kan                                    here
anachnou mechakim         we are waiting
rega'                                  moment / just one moment


the new verb 'to wait'
chikah          he waited       (this is the basic form, the past tense 3rd person masculine
                                           needed to find it in a dictionary)
mechakeh    I /you/ he       waits /is waiting      (present masculine)
mechakah    I /you/ she      waits/ is waiting      (present feminine)
lechakot      to wait


the verb 'to understand'

look closely at the vowel change from 'a' to 'i' in the 3rd person singular and plural:

hevanti
hevanta
hevant
hevin
hevinah

hevanou
hevantem
hevanten
hevinou