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Lesson 9 - suffixes

Hebrew commonly adds suffixes to prepositions and nouns.
When attached to nouns, the suffixes indicate possession, though של is more commonly used in this regard in Modern Hebrew.
When attached to prepositions, they indicate either possession or a sort of directionality towards a person.
You will see many other examples in your Hebrew studies, but these are the more common examples in regards to prepositions.

English Transliteration Hebrew
1st person sing. -i …י
2nd person sing. masc. -kha …ך
2nd person sing. fem. -akh …ך
3rd person sing. masc. -o, (-v, -u) …ו
3rd person sing. fem. -a …ה
1st person pl. -nu …נו
2nd person pl. masc. -khem …כם
2nd person pl. fem. -khen …כן
3rd person pl. masc. -hem …הם
3rd person pl. fem. -hen …הן

English Transliteration Hebrew
I'm cold. kar li. קר לי.
Congratulations on your new house. ma-zal tov al ha-ba-yit ha-kha-dash she-la-khem. מזל טוב על הבית החדש שלכם.
I love you. a-ni o-he-vet ot-kha. אני אוהבת אותך.
I opened the closet and I found in it the coat I was looking for. pa-takh-ti et ha-a-ron u-ma-tsa-ti bo et ha-me-il she-khi-pas-ti. פתחתי את הארון ומצאתי בו את המעיל שחיפשתי.
Are you going with them or with me? at no-sa-at i-tam o i-ti? את נוסעת איתם או איתי?
I think the cat fell asleep on you yesterday night. nid-me li she-ha-kha-tu-la nir-de-ma a-laikh et-mol ba-lai-la. נדמה לי שהחתולה נרדמה עליך אתמול בלילה.
We are inviting over to our place some guests for Shabbat. a-nakh-nu maz-mi-nim e-le-nu o-re-khim le-sha-bat. אנחנו מזמינים אלינו אורחים לשבת.
We baked a cake for them. a-fi-nu u-ga bish-vi-lan. אפינו עוגה בשבילן.
She's 2 km away from my apartment. ha-mer-khak mi-me-na el ha-di-ra she-li hu shnei ki-lo-me-ter. המרחק ממנה אל הדירה שלי הוא 2 ק"מ.
Shall we meet at our place or yours? ni-pa-gesh ets-le-nu o ets-le-khen? ניפגש אצלנו או אצלכן?

English Transliteration Hebrew
(to, for) me li לי
(to, for) you (m.s.) le-kha לך
(to, for) you (f.s.) lakh לך
(to, for) him lo לו
(to, for) her la לה
(to, for) us la-nu לנו
(to, for) you (m.p.) la-khem לכם
(to, for) you (f.p.) la-khen לכן
(to, for) them (m.p.) la-hem להם
(to, for) them (f.p.) la-hen להן

English Transliteration Hebrew
mine she-li שלי
your(s) (m.s.) shel-kha שלך
your(s) (f.s.) she-lakh שלך
his she-lo שלו
her(s) she-la שלה
our(s) she-la-nu שלנו
your(s) (m.p.) she-la-khem שלכם
your(s) (f.p.) she-la-khen שלכן
their(s) (m.p.) she-la-hem שלהם
their(s) (f.p.) she-la-hen שלהן

English Transliteration Hebrew
me o-ti אותי
you (m.s.) ot-kha אותך
you (f.s.) o-takh אותך
him o-to אותו
her o-ta אותה
us o-ta-nu אותנו
you (m.p.) et-khem אתכם
you (f.p.) et-khen אתכן
them (m.p.) o-tam אותם
them (f.p.) o-tan אותן

English Transliteration Hebrew
(in, on, at, by) me bi בי
(in, on, at, by) you (m.s.) be-kha בך
(in, on, at, by) you (f.s.) bakh בך
(in, on, at, by) him bo בו
(in, on, at, by) her ba בה
(in, on, at, by) us ba-nu בנו
(in, on, at, by) you (m.p.) ba-khem בכם
(in, on, at, by) you (f.p.) ba-khen בכן
(in, on, at, by) them (m.p.) ba-hem בהם
(in, on, at, by) them (f.p.) ba-hen בהן

English Transliteration Hebrew
(with) me i-ti איתי
(with) you (m.s.) it-kha איתך
(with) you (f.s.) i-takh איתך
(with) him i-to איתו
(with) her i-ta איתה
(with) us i-ta-nu איתנו
(with) you (m.p.) it-khem איתכם
(with) you (f.p.) it-khen איתכן
(with) them (m.p.) i-tam איתם
(with) them (f.p.) i-tan איתן

English Transliteration Hebrew
(on, about) me a-lai עלי
(on, about) you (m.s.) a-le-kha עליך
(on, about) you (f.s.) a-laikh עליך
(on, about) him a-lav עליו
(on, about) her a-le-ha עליה
(on, about) us a-le-nu עלינו
(on, about) you (m.p.) a-le-khem עליכם
(on, about) you (f.p.) a-le-khen עליכן
(on, about) them (m.p.) a-le-hem עליהם
(on, about) them (f.p.) a-le-hen עליהן

English Transliteration Hebrew
(at, to, towards) me e-lai אלי
(at, to, towards) you (m.s.) e-le-kha אליך
(at, to, towards) you (f.s.) e-laikh אליך
(at, to, towards) him e-lav אליו
(at, to, towards) her e-le-ha אליה
(at, to, towards) us e-le-nu אלינו
(at, to, towards) you (m.p.) a-le-khem אליכם
(at, to, towards) you (f.p.) a-le-khen אליכן
(at, to, towards) them (m.p.) a-le-hem אליהם
(at, to, towards) them (f.p.) a-le-hen אליהן

English Transliteration Hebrew
(for) me bish-vi-li בשבילי
(for) you (m.s.) bish-vil-kha בשבילך
(for) you (f.s.) bish-vi-lakh בשבילך
(for) him bish-vi-lo בשבילו
(for) her bish-vi-la בשבילה
(for) us bish-vi-la-nu בשבילנו
(for) you (m.p.) bish-vil-khem בשבילכם
(for) you (f.p.) bish-vil-khen בשבילכן
(for) them (m.p.) bish-vi-lam בשבילם
(for) them (f.p.) bish-vi-lan בשבילן

English Transliteration Hebrew
(from, of, than) me mi-me-ni ממני
(from, of, than) you (m.s.) mim-kha ממך
(from, of, than) you (f.s.) mi-mekh ממך
(from, of, than) him mi-me-nu ממנו
(from, of, than) her mi-me-na ממנה
(from, of, than) us me-i-ta-nu מאיתנו
(from, of, than) you (m.p.) mi-kem מכם
(from, of, than) you (f.p.) mi-ken מכן
(from, of, than) them (m.p.) me-hem מהם
(from, of, than) them (f.p.) me-hen מהן

English Transliteration Hebrew
(at, in the possession of) me ets-li אצלי
(at, in the possession of) you (m.s.) ets-le-kha אצלך
(at, in the possession of) you (f.s.) ets-lekh אצלך
(at, in the possession of) him ets-lo אצלו
(at, in the possession of) her ets-la אצלה
(at, in the possession of) us ets-le-nu אצלנו
(at, in the possession of) you (m.p.) ets-le-khem אצלכם
(at, in the possession of) you (f.p.) ets-le-khen אצלכן
(at, in the possession of) them (m.p.) ets-lam אצלם
(at, in the possession of) them (f.p.) ets-lan אצלן
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