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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] PS: Re: VERBS
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:42:18 -0400

and it's not only motion verbs

"Gamarnu!" = End it!

or "Gamarnu?" = Are we/you done yet?

Shoshanna




In Modern Hebrew, past-tense motion verbs (but not other
verbs) are used for future-tense suggestions (e.g., "HALAXNU?,"
literally "did we go?" meaning "shall we go?") [This example is
doubly interesting because "SHARNU," "did we sing?" cannot mean "shall
we sing?" It basically only works with motion verbs.]



It's "halachnu?" - and it's an idiom, idioms are in a class by themselves.





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