Hebrew
LG1100 Diane Jacobson
Items
to know for Test #2
Test#2 will consist entirely of translating Hebrew
sentences into English. All will be
sentence, no phrases. The first two word
lists (minus the three inseparable prepositions) will be distributed, and all
of the vocabulary will come from those lists or from the items listed
below. The sentences will be somewhat
more complicated than sentences you have seen before.
1.
The meaning and various spellings of the definite article
A. Recognize the change of spelling
which occurs on the first three words on top of p.26.
2.
The various meaning and forms of the three inseparable prepositions - :l :K :B (le, be, ke)
A. Recognize when the word with the
preposition is definite and when it is not so that you might translate
correctly.
3.
The forms the preposition }im (min)
A. The meaning of this preposition
as “from”
4.
Recognition and translation of the conjunction w (v)
5.
The gender and number endings - hf , {yi , tO [ {iya ] ( aµh, iĆm, oĆth)
6.
The irregular plurals listed on pp.38-39 many of which are words from list
one. Note particularly the plurals of
man, woman, land, city, son, and daughter.
7.
The different uses of the adjective - attributive and predicative.
A. Be able to translate adjectives appropriately.
8.
The translation and uses of the independent personal pronouns.
9.
The translation and uses of the demonstratives
A. The attributive use as
demonstrative adjectives
B. The predicative use as
demonstrative pronouns
10.
A creative sense of when and where to supply some form of the verb “to be.”