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[b-hebrew] Could preposition be a morphological part?

From: Vadim Cherny <vadimcherny AT gmail.com>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Could preposition be a morphological part?
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:27:15 +0200

In weqatal, waw must be a preposition. The prefix would have turned the word into wiqtal, like niphal.
But prepositions don't change the verb's morphology and cannot turn it from past tense into imperfect.

Am I missing something?

Vadim Cherny

[b-hebrew] Could preposition be a morphological part?, Vadim Cherny, 02/25/2010
- Re: [b-hebrew] Could preposition be a morphological part?, dwashbur, 02/25/2010