#modernHebrewtips
I am not sure if there is a group or somewhere special to post this but I always love when I find some hebrew tips to help with my learning. If there is somewhere special to post this, would you please do so if it is appropriate.
I would have written the beh as such but the author write be.
Orel Fichman
Be? Ba? Be... Ha?
Let's talk about one of the most important things. Location, location, location.
It's a little tricky, but let's dive into it.
Be/Ba are both written the same without nikkud, it's just a ב which hops along to the beginning of the word.
Where are you? I'm in class
Now... this can be both Be and Ba, why? Because it depends on what class we're talking about?
If it's just a classroom, not the regular one you usually go to, it'll be "Be" (אני בכיתה - ani bekita)
If you're both speaking about the class you both go to - it's Ba (אני בכיתה - Ani bakita)
Ba is the conjucation of "be ha", which means "in the" (and be ha is not a correct form)
Where are you? אני בסופר - Ani basuper - I'm at *the* super market
אני בחדר - ani bacheder - I'm in *the* room
אני בחדר - ani becheder - I'm in *a* room
When we have 2 words, for example the word for school בית ספר (beyt sefer), ba becomes be & ha, be stays at the beginning of the first word while ha goes to the beginning of the second word - אני בבית הספר - ani bebeyt hasefer (some kids write "ביצפר" as a slang word (betsefer)
Some people say "abi babet sefer" but it's not the correct form
Ba can also indicate some sort of posession - הייתי בבית - hayiti babayit - I was at (my) home
When you're at somone's place it gets a little weird.
I'm at Moshe's - אני אצל משה - ani etsel Moshe
I'm at Moshe's house - אני בבית של משה - ani babayit shel Moshe
I'm at his' - אני אצלו - ani etslo
I'm at her's - אני אצלה - ani etsla
I'm at theirs (Male) - אני אצלם - ani estlam (Some people say "etsla'em" but it's wrong)
I'm at theirs (Female) - אני אצלן - ani etslan (Some people say "etsla'en" but it's wrong), pay attention, don't mispronouce it as "atslan" because that the singular male form for lazy (עצלן), which is also the hebrew name for the animal Sloth.
That's all for today, I hope you read everything and it wasn't too long, I get a little carried away sometimes.
Tomorrow we'll talk about to and from
