Lesson 16 - pa'al verbs

לכתוב
present tense

English	Transliteration	Hebrew
I/you/he (m.s.) writes / is writing	[ani, ata, hu] ko-tev	[אני, אתה, הוא] כותב
I/you/she (f.s.) writes / is writing	[ani, at, hi] ko-te-vet	[אני, את, היא] כותבת
we/you/they (m.p.) write / are writing	[anakhnu, atem, hem] kot-vim	[אנחנו, אתם, הם] כותבים
we/you/they (f.p.) write / are writing	[anakhnu, aten, hen] kot-vot	[אנחנו, אתן, הן] כותבות

לכתוב
past tense

English	Transliteration	Hebrew
I wrote	[ani] ka-tav-ti	[אני] כתבתי
you (m.s.) wrote	[ata] ka-tav-ta	[אתה] כתבת
you (f.s.) wrote	[at] ka-tavt	[את] כתבת
he wrote	[hu] ka-tav	[הוא] כתב
she wrote	[hi] kat-va	[היא] כתבה
we wrote	[anakhnu] ka-tav-nu	[אנחנו] כתבנו
you (m.p.) wrote	[atem] ka-tav-tem	[אתם] כתבתם
you (f.p.) wrote	[aten] ka-tav-ten	[אתן] כתבתן
they (m,f) wrote	[hem, hen] kat-vu	[הם, הן] כתבו

לכתוב
future tense

English	Transliteration	Hebrew
I will write	[ani] ekh-tov	[אני] אכתוב
you (m.s.) will write	[ata] tikh-tov	[אתה] תכתוב
you (f.s.) will write	[at] tikh-te-vi	[את] תכתבי
he will write	[hu] yikh-tov	[הוא] יכתוב
she will write	[hi] tikh-tov	[היא] תכתוב
we will write	[anakhnu] nikh-tov	[אנחנו] נכתוב
you (m, f) will write	[atem, aten] tikh-te-vu	[אתם, אתן] תכתבו
they (m,f) will write	[hem, hen] yikh-te-vu	[הם, הן] יכתבו

לכתוב
example sentences

English	Transliteration	Hebrew
I can write in Hebrew.	a-ni ya-khol likh-tov be-iv-rit.	אני יכול לכתוב בעברית.
He's writing an email.	hu ko-tev i-meil.	הוא כותב אימייל.
She's writing a letter.	hi ko-te-vet mikh-tav.	היא כותבת מכתב.
The boys are writing to the President.	ha-ba-nim kot-vim la-na-si.	הבנים כותבים לנשיא.
The girls are writing to the Prime Minister.	ha-ba-not kot-vot la-rosh ha-mem-sha-la.	הבנות כותבות לראש הממשלה.
I wrote an email to my sister.	ka-tav-ti i-meil la-a-kho-ti.	כתבתי אימייל לאחותי.
She wrote a letter to her grandmother.	hi kat-va mikh-tav la-sav-ta she-la.	היא כתבה מכתב לסבתא שלה.
We wrote a letter to the President.	ka-tav-nu mikh-tav la-na-si.	כתבנו מכתב לנשיא.
They each wrote a letter to the Prime Minister.	kol e-khad mi-hem ka-tav mikh-tav la-rosh ha-mem-sha-la.	כל אחד מהם כתב מכתב לראש הממשלה.
I will write an email.	a-ni ekh-tov i-meil.	אני אכתוב אימייל.
He will write a letter.	hu yikh-tov mikh-tav.	הוא יכתוב מכתב.
We will write to the President.	nikh-tov la-na-si.	נכתוב לנשיא.
They will write to the Prime Minister.	hem yikh-te-vu la-rosh ha-mem-sha-la.	הם יכתבו לראש הממשלה.