A2

Past Tense (Pa'al)

עבר - בניין פעל

About this concept

Past tense: person/gender suffixes on root. כתבתי, כתבת, כתב, כתבה, כתבנו, כתבתם, כתבו. Root consonants may change.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~50 cards at level A2.

Examples

כתבתי מכתב.I wrote a letter.
היא קראה את הספר.She read the book.
גרנו בחיפה.We lived in Haifa.
הם הלכו הביתה.They went home.

Prerequisite

Present Tense (Pa'al)A1

Concepts that build on this

Future Tense (Pa'al)A2Temporal ConnectorsA2Complex SentencesB1Past Progressive and HabitualB2

More A2 concepts

Future Tense (Pa'al)עתיד - בניין פעלPi'el Verb Patternבניין פיעלHif'il Verb Patternבניין הפעילConstruct State (Smichut)סמיכותComparisonהשוואה

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