Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Joel Nothman" <jnothman AT student.usyd.edu.au>]

> Once the object has been established by context,
> modern Hebrew speakers *often* drop the object, don't
> they?

Definitely do. "Atah rotzeh?" is a perfect example, but it also works on  
things like "'asiti kvar".

But on the other hand after speaking so much Modern Hebrew, I can't tell  
whether my Aussie mates say "you want?" or whether that's a Hebraism I've  
adopted into my English where I should really be adding "some"...

- Joel

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