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Verbs: Past Actions 2

Grammar Notes

The structure of past tense hitpa'el verbs is as follows:

Distribution of Vowels & Consonants Example:
hiXaXaX

Plus the endings that we went over in Verbs: Past:

Pronoun Ending
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Lessons

Lesson 1

  • – got married
  • – exploded
  • – hid
  • – fainted
  • – apologized
  • – complained
  • – consulted

Lesson 2

  • – got drunk
  • – washed
  • – stopped
  • – recovered
  • – undressed
  • – called
  • – begged

Lesson 3

  • – received
  • – went down, rained
  • – prayed
  • – ignored
  • – volunteered
  • – abused
  • – shaved
  • – continued
📖 Story: After the wedding 8 sentences · 3 questions

After the wedding

  1. Last week Michal and Ron got married.
  2. Yossi, Ron's friend, got drunk.
  3. He sang on the table and fell.
  4. Then he hid in a room and passed out.
  5. In the morning he washed, shaved and recovered.
  6. He called Ron and apologized.
  7. Ron said:
  8. "No problem, we got a funny video!"

Questions

Who got married?

What did Yossi do after he fell?

What did Ron say they got?

Practice

The rule

Past tense of Hitpa'el verbs starts with הִתְ־: (he called), (I called).

Ihe / shewethey
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Pi'el past has an i after the first letter: (received), (spoke).

Each sentence shows the rule. Listen, say it after the voice, then tap the grey bar for the meaning and a note on the rule. The pattern quiz blanks out the key form.

Sentences

  • – They got married last year · they → −ו
  • – He apologized · he → base form
  • – I called you yesterday · I → −תי
  • – She fainted from the heat · she → −ה
  • – I received a gift · Pi'el: קיבל → קיבלתי
  • – It rained all night · ירד – went down / fell (rain)
  • – We washed in the sea · we → −נו
  • – He continued to work · Hif'il past: ה־ ... י

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