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Irregular Verbs

Lesson 21 · פעלים חריגים

The most-used verbs are often the most irregular. They contain "weak" letters (gutturals: א ה ח ע, or ו י in the root) that change conjugation. These are the daily verbs: go, come, give, take, put, get up, sit / live, live, build, die.

הָלַךְ: to go / walk

בָּא: to come / arrive

נָתַן: to give

לָקַח: to take

שָׂם: to put / place

קָם: to get up

יָשַׁב: to sit / live (reside)

חַי: to live (be alive)

בָּנָה: to build

מֵת: to die


Phrases in Use