Title: Hebrew Grammar Quest / 2. Lessons 4-11 / Lesson 07 / Lesson 07 B. Grammar
Tags: Grammar hebrew::ch_07 012 006 009 011

Prompt: List the adjective endings using טוב paradigm
Answer: MS - טוֹב (some MS nouns add ה ֶ)
FS - טוֹבָה
MP - טוֹבִים
FP - טוֹבוֹת
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HGQ Book Section: 7.1

Prompt: State the mnemonic for attributive adjectives.
Answer: Attributive: Always After noun, Article Agrees
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HGQ Book Section: 7.3

Prompt: In what circumstance could an adjective be either predicate or attributive? (two conditions)
Answer: The noun is indefinite, and the adjective is after the noun
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HGQ Book Section: 7.5

Prompt: What are the two meanings of the suffix ה ָ   on a noun or adjective, and how can we distinguish?
Answer: If accented, it is the FS ending
If unaccented, it is the directional ending
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HGQ Book Section: 7.7

Prompt: A dot inside a consonant could be one of which four marks?
Answer: 1. A dot inside word-final ה is Mappiq
2. A dot inside a ו not preceded or followed by a vowel is a Shureq
3. A dot inside בגד כפת not preceded by a vowel is a Dagesh Lene
4. Elsewhere it is Daghesh Forte
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HGQ Book Section: 7.6

Prompt: How do we know if Hei ה is a vowel letter or a consonant?
Answer: Hei ה is a vowel letter if it is word-final and does NOT have a Mappiq.
Otherwise, it is a consonant.
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HGQ Book Section: 7

Prompt: What do we call an unaccented Qamets-hei?
What does it mean?
Answer: Directional Hei
indicates the direction of motion, destination, or (rarely) location.
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HGQ Book Section: 7.7

Prompt: How do we distinguish Directional Hei from a feminine singular ending?
Answer: The feminine singular ending Qamets Hei is accented.
The directional Hei is unaccented.
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HGQ Book Section: 7.7

Prompt: What is the fundamental difference between nouns and adjectives with respect to gender?
Answer: Each noun has a fixed gender, whereas any adjective can occur in either gender.
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HGQ Book Section: 7.1

Three uses of an adjective:
(1) Attributive  describes a noun without being the predicate - the good trees
(2) Predicate (or predicative) describes the subject by being the predicate of the clause - the trees are good
(3) Substantive  substitutes for a noun - the good ones
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HGQ Book Section: 7.5

Prompt: What sets the gender and number of an adjective?
Answer: The gender and number of the noun for which the adjective describes or substitutes.
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HGQ Book Section: 7.1

Prompt: State the mnemonic for a predicate adjective?
Answer: PPPP = Predicate dePrived, Perhaps Prior
[A predicate adjective is deprived of the article and possibly occurs prior to the noun (in contrast to the attributive adjective, which never will be prior)]
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HGQ Book Section: 7.4

Q: From Lesson 7 Study Verses:
כִּי מִי בַז לְיוֹם קְטַנּוֹת
קְטַנּוֹת - There is no [...] to modify; this adjective is therefore [...].
A: noun; substantival
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HGQ Book Section: 7.2

From Lesson 7 Study Verses:
הֵבֵאתָ עָלָיו חֲטָאָה גְדֹלָה
גְדֹלָה Agrees with חֲטָאָה in gender and number, but NOT definiteness, and is therefore predicative
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HGQ Book Section: 7.4

Q: Translate:
הָאִישׁ טוֹב
[...]
A: The man is good
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HGQ Book Section: 7.4

Q: Translate:
טוֹב הָאִישׁ
[...]
A: The man is good
Back Extra: This is not "the good man" because the words do not match in definiteness.
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HGQ Book Section: 7.4

Q: Translate:
הָאִישׁ הַטּוֹב
[...]
A: The good man
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HGQ Book Section: 7.3

Q: Translate:
הַנָּשִׁים הַטּוֹבוֹת
[...]
A: The good women
Back Extra: Note that adjectives are plural in form in form only.  We still translate הַטּוֹבוֹת as "good"
Also note that there are no irregular feminine endings on adjectives.  This adjective still matches the noun in Gender even though each has a different ending.
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HGQ Book Section: 7.3