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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 3 04 August 2010 at 11:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I got this from an Israeli news site. An expression bothers me:
השאיפה שלנו לחיות על אדמה זו כיישוב חקלאי Ha'sheifah shelanu li'khyot al adamah zu ke'yishuv khakla'i Our ambition is to live on a land... what the hell is this "zu"? Isn't it a demonstrative pronoun? I can't understand it's purpose here. 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 2 of 3 05 August 2010 at 9:37pm | IP Logged | ||
adama zu... In Hebrew we have Zu/Ze its like "this" in English or "este/esta" in Spanish. It has a lot of functions. In this sentence it comes after "adama" to note that they want to live not on just any land but "THIS" "ZU" Land/adama. Zu - After feminine noun Ze - After Masculine noun 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 3 of 3 06 August 2010 at 7:37am | IP Logged | ||
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"Our ambition is to live on THIS land as an agricultural settlement"?
But I thought the noun has to be definite in order to qualify demonstrative pronouns. This is another function then? Thank you! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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