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Future Tense (Pa'al)

Personal prefixes

Future uses prefixes (and some suffixes)

Person is marked by a prefix.

📊 Future of כתב
Pronoun Hebrew Translit
ani אכתוב ekhtov
ata תכתוב tikhtov
at תכתבי tikhtevi
hu יכתוב yikhtov
hi תכתוב tikhtov
anachnu נכתוב nikhtov
hem יכתבו yikhtevu
💬 Examples
אכתוב
ekhtov
I will write
📝 א- prefix = I
יכתוב
yikhtov
he will write
📝 י- prefix = he
Future also works as a polite imperative

The future form softens commands and makes suggestions.

💬 Examples
תשב בבקשה
teshev bevakasha
Please sit (down)
📝 Future as a gentle command
נלך?
nelech?
Shall we go?
📝 Future for a suggestion
Feminine 'you' and plurals add suffixes

תכתבי (you f), יכתבו (they).

💬 Examples
תכתבי
tikhtevi
you (f) will write
📝 -i suffix for feminine 'you'
הם יכתבו
hem yikhtevu
they will write
📝 -u suffix for the plural