Rules (Lesson 10)

19 cards·by Noelle Huling

Geminate nouns & adjectives (ms)

often indicated by patach under 1st consonant

Geminate roots - reduplication

both consonants written, vowel between

Geminate roots - gemination

no ending - only one written, ending - strong dagesh

Geminate roots

2nd & 3rd consonants are identical

Adjectives from geminate roots

manifest gemination, not reduplication

Adjective, ms

טוֹב (no ending)

Adjective, mp

טוֹבִים

Adjective, fs

טוֹבָה

Adjective, fp

טוֹבוֹת

When will cholem-vav (וֹ) reduce, and what to?

Can't reduce

When will qametz (ָאָ) reduce, and what to?

When gender/number endings are added, reduces to sheva (ָאְ)

When will qametz reduce to chatef-patach instead?

When it's under a guttural: חֲ

attributive adjective

"a good horse" סוֹס טוֹב, follows noun it describes

An attributive adjective must agree ...

in gender, number, and definiteness

a predicate adjective

"The horse is good" טוֹב הַסוֹס, before noun it describes, no article

A predicate adjective must agree...

in gender and number

a substantive adjective

"la bonne" טוֹבָה (used as a noun)

Comparative adjective

adjective + noun/pronoun, מִן, other noun/pronoun

vav conjunction is for

joining multiple adjectives: prefix וְ