"גם אני אוהב ללמוד!"

Translation: I like to learn too!

[Olehadash]

Is there in Hebrew (like in English) a difference between
- גמ אני אוהב ללמוד = I, too, like to learn. (others like to learn, and so do I)
and
- אני גם אוהב ללמוד = I like to learn, too (amongst other things I like to do)?
Thanks.

[NoamKriten]

The sentence "אני אוהב גם ללמוד" emphasises that I like learning among other activities.

The sentence "גם אני אוהב ללמוד" means that me, in addition to others, like to learn.

[WilliamZ10]

So am I correct in thinking that essentially the intended emphasis of גם is bound to whatever is immediately after it?

For example, would it be the case that one could say:

אני אופה גם עוגות

To mean, "[In addition to the other things I bake,] I also bake cakes?"

Or would it instead be that "אני גם אופה עוגות" would require context to differentiate the above meaning from "I also bake cakes" (as opposed perhaps to merely eating them)?

I'm asking for clarification on the last bit specifically because I thought I understood until I was presented with this exercise. :)

[YardenNB]

Your initial conjecture is true - גם tends to emphasize what's immediately after it - but it's a weak tendency, I think, intonation and context can quite easily override it.

The exercise you link to is quite artificial, in both languages I think, so I wouldn't try to learn such subtleties from it...

[ToniD220993]

i think גם actualy means also and not too so got it wrong

[NoamKriten]

It means both.

[Philomelow]

Is there a rule for the syntaxic construction of the infinitive clause ? Does it work with verbs expressing a subjective state of mind, as in English and other languages (like I want TO + verb, I like TO + verb) ?

[Michael112818]

Not sure what your question is. So I will just give a few example sentences.

אני רוצה לשתות.
אני אוהב לאכול.
אני צריך לקנות בגדים.

[tamar-s-]

Why is 'Also I like to learn' wrong?

[JimCopelan1]

So in the infinitive form the vav in לומד changes to after the mem? This is the first word I've seen like this

[BenSmart2]

Sometimes it does, it depends on the word.

[Beverley336426]

There are groups of verbs where this happens. Look at אוכל and עושה as examples.

[AaronPhili10]

Why is "I also like to learn" wrong? It is literally the same. גם can mean also and too...

[YardenNB]

Your sentence means "among other things I like, I like to learn". The Hebrew sentence cannot mean that. I means "Among other people who like to learn, I like to learn".

[Alan812610]

"I love to study" should be an acceptable answer...why isn't it ??

[KeismerEsc1]

I will learn this as a reference, because it's subject to variation