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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.
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