Hebrew 2 - Lesson 29

Lesson 29 introduces three concepts::-

  • "TzaRich" (Need) as a helping verb.
  • Adverbs
  • Pairs of nouns where the second noun describes the function of the first.

    The concept of a helping verb followed by a main verb has been introduced and practiced many times before.

    The rules to remember regarding Hebrew adverbs is that they follow the verb that they characterize and that they have only one form.

    Pair of nouns Here are a number of things regarding handeling the subject "pair of nouns".

    First you want to identify such pairs in order to apply the right rules to them.

    As we saw in class, pairs of nouns are two nouns in a row, as one describes the use of the other, of what it made, or who it belongs to.

    If the above is not clear, look at the following examples: Cinamon Cake, tuna salad, kibbutz member, students appartment, love story, Hebrew notebook, bus ticket, jaz record, chocolate cake, bus station, air mail...........

    ((((((((In comparison, the following is a noun and an adjective: Sweet Cake, cold salad, new member, big appartment, long story, yellow notebook, old ticket, expensive record, freash cake, big station, new mail...........))))))))

    Here are the rules regarding pairs of noun 1) Opposite order of words (cinamon cake is actually a "CAKE CINAMON") 2) The gender and the number of the pair is decided by the gender and the number of the main noun. (The pair "Cinamon cake" is feminine singular sin ce "Cake" is feminine singular. ("Cinamon"'s gender is masculine but that is not relevant!!!!!).

    3) If the pair is definite, there is only one "Hay" applied and it prefixes the SECOND noun.

    (In a way it is going to sound like: "I made cake the cinamon") Other examples:
    "I want salad the tuna"
    "I know member the kibbutz"
    "I live in apartment the students"
    "They read story the love"
    "I finished/completed notebook the Hebrew"
    "I found my ticket the bus"
    "I don't like record the jaz"
    "I will bring cake the chocolate"
    "I need to go to station the bus"
    "Mail the air is not as fast as it used to be...........

    THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL PAIRS OF NOUNS ARE DEFINITE. EACH OF THE ABOVE CAN BE "INDEFININTE" ("I want a salad tuna"
    "I know a member kibbutz"
    "I live in an apartment students"
    "They read a story love"
    "I finished/completed a notebook Hebrew"
    "I found a ticket bus"
    "I don't like a record jaz"
    "I will bring a cake chocolate"
    "I need to go to station the bus"
    "Mail air is not too expensive.....
    ((((((Note that the order of the nouns is still opposite than English)))))))

    4) If the pair has a feminine form, the "Hay" of the main noun is replaced with a "Tav". "Ugah" changes to "Ugat" (not always, only if it is a main noun in a pair) "Morah" changes to "Morat", "Simcha" changes to "Simchat" "Matanah" changes to "Matanat" and so forth.

    In plural form of pairs, the main noun (that ends with "VAV TAV" (not "HAY") does not change. It is the masculine form that changes in which the "Final Mem" drops.

    If visitors want the rules of adjectives in Hebrew, here they are

    1) opposite order of words, as is the case with pairs of nouns. Cake sweet, salad cold, member new, appartment big, story long, notebook yellow, ticket old, record epensive, cake freash, station big, mail new.....

    2) adjective has diferent forms on gender and number and their chosen form has to agree with the gender and number of the nouns that they describe:

    "cakes sweets", "salads colds"........

    3) finally, if a noun gets a definite article, the adjective needs a definite article too ("the sweet the cake" "the salad the cold").



    Here is the above in diffent words:
    In pairs of nouns each of the nouns might has a certain meaning and can be used independently. When join together both nouns lose their original identity and create a new one.

    Kibbutz member
    Parliament member
    Kids book
    Birth day
    Coffee shop
    Students apartment
    Fish restaurant
    Horse shoe
    Evening meal

    As oppose to adjective that draws the character of the noun that it relates to, the auxiliary noun in the pair, provides the purpose for the main noun, its designation, its role in the world or sometime where it belongs to. In a way, it describes its function rather than describing the noun itself. Some scholars explain that the auxiliary noun categorizes the main noun.

    Instead of being put in the above structure, each of these pairs can be worded as following:

    Member of a Kibbutz
    Member of a Parliament
    Book of/for Kids
    Day of birth
    A place where coffee is being served
    An apartment where students live
    Restaurant that serves fish
    A shoe of a horse
    Meal of evening (dinner)

    Since the auxiliary noun in the pair, does not describe the noun itself the rules of adjective do not apply. Instead a short set or rule is being used, and though it is simple, sometime students struggle with it. Before starting, let’s name this group of pairs of nouns:

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