4: The Noun: Basic Forms

Question 1

How many genders are there in hebrew?

Answer 1

Two: Masculine and Feminine

Question 2

Recite the Basic Noun Forms Paradigm

Answer 2

Question 3

How can you distinguish the feminine nouns?

Answer 3

The feminine nouns are marked at the end with

ה ָ

or with

ת

(like בָּת)

Question 4

What are some nouns that look masculine but are feminine? (Irregular singular nouns)

Answer 4

1. אֵם (mother)
2. אֶרֶץ (land, earth)
3. עִיר (city, town)
4. יָד (hand)

Question 5

How many numbers are for hebrew nouns?

Answer 5

1. Singular
2. Plural
3. Dual

Question 6

How are masculine plural nouns usually marked?

Answer 6

By the ending:

Question 7

How are feminine plural nouns usually marked?

Answer 7

By the ending:

Question 8

What are the irregular plural nouns?

Answer 8

1. Masculine nouns with feminine endings: אָבוֹת (fathers, from אָב, father)
2. Feminine nouns with masculine endings: עָרִים (cities, from עִיר, city)

Question 9

To what do we use the dual nouns?

Answer 9

To refer to two things (not one or three)

Question 10

How are nouns in the dual marked?

Answer 10

Question 11

The use of the dual is mostly limited to:

Answer 11

1. Nouns that come in natural pairs
2. Certain expressions of time

Question 12

הוּא

Answer 12

he, it

Question 13

הִיא

Answer 13

she, it

Question 14

אַתָּה

Answer 14

you (masc. sing.)

Question 15

אַתְּ

Answer 15

you (fem. sing.)

• A sheva under a final ת is silent.

Question 16

אֲנִי / אָנֹכִי

Answer 16

I

(interchangeable)

Question 17

הֵם / הֵמָּה

Answer 17

they (masc.)

Question 18

הֵנָּה

Answer 18

they (fem.)

Question 19

אַתֶּם

Answer 19

you (masc. pl.)

Question 20

אַתֵּן / אַתֵּנָה

Answer 20

you (fem. pl.)

• These forms occur only 4 times and 1 time, respectively.

Question 21

אֲנַחְנוּ

Answer 21

we