Biblical Hebrew Forum

[rosewalk AT concentric.net]

They are called "exceptions to the rule", and these are learned and 
memorized together with the rules, and the student is taught to know 
the difference.

Shoshanna



Incidentlally, we've had students in BH immersion contexts who
produce amusing syntheses. After hearing classroom vocabulary
talk about qirot 'walls', shulHanot 'tables', Halonot 'windows',
gagot 'roofs', kisseot 'chairs', meqomot 'places', luHot 'boards/
tablettes', often in the first two or three days of class, some
have suggested during 'break times' that -ot is the form for
masculine plural. We smile and suggest they keep listening.
They soon hear about avanim gedolot 'big stones' and
tsiporim qetannot 'little birds', but ha-ish Hazaq and ha-isha
Hazaqah eventually win the day. the central core of a language
must be learned 'as is', since the common words often defy
the systems. Might as well learn it right at the beginning.

braxot
Randall Buth
--
Randall Buth, PhD
www.biblicalulpan.org
randallbuth AT gmail.com
Biblical Language Center
Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life
_______________________________________________
b-hebrew mailing list
b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew