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Past & Future Tenses
Past and future conjugation across binyanim and time expressions
מערכת הזמנים — סקירה
tense system — overview
past, present, future
Hebrew has three tenses; present = participle
עבר בכל הבניינים
past tense across binyanim
katavti, dibarti, hizmanti, nichnasti
Past conjugation in all seven patterns
עתיד בכל הבניינים
future tense across binyanim
echtov, adaber, azmin, ekanes
Future conjugation patterns
בינוני (הווה) ככינוי זמן
present participle as tense
ani kotev = I write/am writing
Present covers both simple and progressive
עבר מתמשך: הייתי + בינוני
past habitual: was + participle
hayiti kotev
הייתי כותב = I used to write
עתיד כציווי מנומס
future as polite command
tichtov bevakasha
Future softens imperatives
פעלים גזורי שם
denominal verbs
tilfen (from telefon)
Verbs created from nouns
התאמת זמנים בפסוקית
tense agreement in clauses
amar she-yavo
Reported speech and tense
פעלים מודאליים: צריך, חייב, מותר
modal expressions: need, must, allowed
tsarich, chayav, mutar
Impersonal modals + infinitive
רצף עלילתי בעבר
narrative sequence in past
narrative past chains
Stringing past events in storytelling