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Past & Future Tenses

Past and future conjugation across binyanim and time expressions
עבר: כתבתי, כתבת, כתב
past: I wrote, you wrote, he wrote
katavti, katavta, katav
Past tense conjugates by person, gender, number
כתבתי / כתבת / כתבת
I wrote / you(m) wrote / you(f) wrote
katavti / katavta / katavt
Past tense suffixes mark person and gender
היה / היתה — was
haya / hayta — was (m / f)
haya / hayta
Past of 'to be' (which is absent in present)
עתיד: אכתוב, תכתוב, יכתוב
future: I will write, you will write, he will write
echtov, tichtov, yichtov
Future tense uses prefixes (and some suffixes)
אהיה / תהיה / יהיה
I will be / you will be / he will be
ehye / tihye / yihye
Future of 'to be'
הלכתי / אלך
I went / I will go
halachti / elech
Past and future of ה-ל-כ (to go)
אכלתי / אוכל
I ate / I will eat
achalti / ochal
Past and future of א-כ-ל (to eat)
אתמול / מחר + פועל
yesterday/tomorrow + verb
etmol / machar
Time words select past or future tense
רציתי / ארצה
I wanted / I will want
ratsiti / ertse
Past and future of ר-צ-ה (to want)
ביקור בזמנים — שילוב
combining tenses in narration
tense sequencing
Past for completed, future for intended actions