Hebrew grammar

Ok, remember when we learned about letters and words in Hebrew? Now we're going to learn about how those words fit together to make sentences.

So, just like in English, we have different kinds of words in Hebrew. We have nouns (like "dog" or "book"), verbs (like "run" or "read"), adjectives (like "pretty" or "smart"), and a few others. And just like in English, we have rules for how we use these words together to make sentences.

One big rule is something called "gender." In Hebrew, nouns have a gender, which means they can be either masculine or feminine. We can tell which gender a noun is by looking at its last letter. For example, if a noun ends in הْ (a little dot underneath a letter), it's usually feminine. And if it ends in any other letter, it's usually masculine.

Another big rule is something called "conjugation." That just means we change the verbs to match who's doing the action. So if I say "I run," the verb "run" has to change a little bit to match the fact that I'm doing it. In Hebrew, we have different ways of conjugating verbs depending on who's doing the action and when it's happening.

We also have something called "declension," which just means we change the nouns and adjectives to match the gender and number of the thing they're describing. So if we're talking about one book, we use a different form of the adjective "big" than if we're talking about many books.

All of these rules might sound a little complicated, but we learn them by practicing and listening to how Hebrew speakers use them. They help us make sense of how Hebrew sentences fit together and what they mean.