Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Conjugating the near future

Hebrew has a "futur proche" tense.

ani omedet lixtov (I'm going to write.)
Use the verb "stand": omed, omedet, omdim, omdot

It certainly makes life easier than the future tense, which is simliar to the Arabic present.

Use a static verb of motion instead of "going," which is used in English, French, and Spanish.

It must be Standard Israeli Hebrew (SIH)--I will have to ask someone if it is found in earlier iterations of the language.