Structural focus
Shift from static prepositions to inflected forms and connector-rich argument flow.
Objective
Conjugate prepositions by pronoun and build fast logical clause chains.
Deconstruction
Observe compact connective patterns mirrored in modern structural Hebrew.
Key points · 7
- Prepositions inflect for person by taking pronoun suffixes — the same suffixes you met on ל in Week 4.
- ל → לִי, לְךָ, לוֹ, לָהּ, לָנוּ, לָכֶם, לָהֶם; בְּ → בִּי, בְּךָ, בּוֹ, בָּהּ; עִם → אִתִּי, אִתְּךָ, אִתּוֹ ('with me/you/him').
- Some prepositions inflect on a plural-looking base: עַל → עָלַי, עָלֶיךָ, עָלָיו, עָלֶיהָ; אֶל → אֵלַי, אֵלֶיךָ, אֵלָיו.
- מִן ('from') → מִמֶּנִּי, מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּנּוּ, מִמֶּנָּה ('from me/you/him/her').
- Don't confuse אִתִּי ('with me', from עִם) with אוֹתִי ('me', the object marker from Week 6).
- Logical connectors chain clauses: כִּי (because/that), אֲבָל (but), אִם (if), אוֹ (or), גַּם (also), כְּמוֹ (like/as), אָז (so/then), כְּדֵי (in order to).
- כְּדֵי + an infinitive expresses purpose: כְּדֵי לִלְמֹד ('in order to learn'). Framers: בִּכְלָל ('at all / in general'), בְּאֹפֶן + adjective ('in a … manner').