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Conditional and other forms in Hebrew? | ||
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| sama_el Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 5120 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German, Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 1 of 9 16 July 2010 at 10:00am | IP Logged | |||||
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I just can't form such a thing in Hebrew. How would you translate this into Hebrew:
You have to work in order to get a good house. אתה מצטרך לעבוד כדי And then I don't know which tense to use- is it future, past or present? I used hitpa'el of tsadi-resh-kaf but I had heard it might be better to use tsarikh for "you have/need to". Thank you! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5394 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes  | Message 2 of 9 26 July 2010 at 10:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I would expect an infinitive:
אתה צריך לעבוד כדי לקבל בית טוב [ataː tsaːrix laˀavod kədej ləkabel 'bajit tov] 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| sama_el Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 5120 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German, Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 9 26 July 2010 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Oh thanks!
Do you know how to say "I would..." in Hebrew? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| talkl Diglot Groupie Israel Joined 5031 days ago 51 posts - 61 votes Speaks: Modern Hebrew*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 9 27 July 2010 at 9:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
about your first question: אתה צריך לעבוד כדי לקבל בית טוב a more natural way of saying it would be: אתה צריך לעבוד בשביל לקנות בית which means: you have to work in order to have a house. adding the טוב isn't necessary and sounds alien. or: בשביל\כדי לקנות בית, אתה חייב\צריך לעבוד I would: הייתי... for example: I would do anything הייתי עושה הכל... 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| sama_el Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 5120 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German, Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 5 of 9 28 July 2010 at 11:20am | IP Logged | |||||
I'll keep that in mind. Thank you for the conditional! I have one more question and it's about pronunciation: Do you say "e" or "a" after Heh and before another consonant ( for example eh()yeh- I will be )? This is important to me. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5394 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 6 of 9 28 July 2010 at 2:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
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What concerns אהיה, I think from the origin (biblical Hebrew) it is a closed syllable (shwa quiescens):[ɛh'jɛ], [tih'jɛ], [yih'jɛ]
But there is also a more elaborate way to say [təhi'jɛ] and [jəhi'jɛ] (high style). If you do not like this, I think you could substitute it for a shwa mobile, but I can not guarantee for this: [ɛhə'jɛ] No [a]s, sorry! Edited by Cabaire on 28 July 2010 at 3:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| sama_el Diglot Newbie Croatia Joined 5120 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German, Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 7 of 9 28 July 2010 at 3:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I studied schwas and syllables in Biblical Hebrew but I am speaking of Modern Hebrew and it does not contain the schwa vowel in spoken language anymore ( unless I'm gravely mistaken ).
I presume it's "eheyeh" then. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| talkl Diglot Groupie Israel Joined 5031 days ago 51 posts - 61 votes Speaks: Modern Hebrew*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 8 of 9 28 July 2010 at 11:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
you are bang on. very good. PM me if you have any other questions 1 person has voted this message useful |
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