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Topic: Hebrew

"Do you see a truck?"

Translation:אתה רואה משאית?

2 years ago

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Heysoos1
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Dang it, I keep using classical Hebrew word order. Is that not understandable or widely used?

2 years ago
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what was your sentence? רואה אתה משאית?

2 years ago
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Heysoos1
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Yeah. But feminine.

2 years ago
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BarakG2
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not in use. if you want to use the high level heb anyway add "Ha" at the beginning of it: "הרואה אתה משאית? ". but not in day to day conversations.

2 years ago
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How about using "האם"? i.e. "האם אתה רואה משאית?"

2 months ago
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Heysoos1
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Oooooooh I forgot the hey. Thank you!

2 years ago
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plastoquinone
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What does the 'ha' do in this sentence with classical word order?

2 years ago
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Heysoos1
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In classical Hebrew, the verb comes first (usually) and you put "ha" to mean a yes or no question. A bit like how we use "does," "do-see you truck?"

2 years ago
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Is the pronoun אתה necessary? Isn't it also implied in the verb?

5 months ago
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The verb implies singular male, it doesn't differentiate between you and he

2 months ago
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