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Negation & Questions
Lesson 11 · שלילה ושאלות
To negate in Hebrew: place לֹא (lo) before the verb or adjective. To ask: no inversion needed, just raise your voice at the end (intonation), or start with a question word (who, what, where, when, why, how).
Question Words
Yes/no questions, In spoken Hebrew, keep normal word order and raise your voice. אַתָּה אוֹכֵל? (ata ochel?) = are you eating? The optional word הַאִם (ha'im) marks a formal question.
Simple Negation: לֹא
Negation with "Not Have": אֵין (eyn)
Have / not have, Hebrew has no verb "to have". You say "there is to me": יֵשׁ לִי (yesh li, I have). And "there is not to me": אֵין לִי (eyn li, I don't have).
Negation with "Nobody / Nothing / Never"
Yes/No Questions
Wh- Questions
Mini Question Dialogue