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Hebrew Past

This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Hebrew. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.

To see: לראות-ראה
Lir'ot- ra'a
To write: לכתוב-כתב
Likhtov-katav
To love: לאהוב-אהב
Le'ehov-ahav
To give: לתת-נתן
Latet-natan
To play: לשחק-שיחק
Lesakhek-sikhek
To read: לקרוא-קרא
Likro-kara
To understand: להבין-הבין
Lehavin-hivin
To have: להיות ל-היה ל
Lihiot le- haia le
To know: להכיר-הכיר
Lehakir-hikir
To learn: ללמוד-למד
Lilmod-lamad
To think: לחשוב-חשב-
Lakhshov-khashav
To work: לעבוד-עבד
La'avod-avad
To speak: לדבר-דיבר
Ledaber-diber
To drive: לנהוג-נהג
Linhog-nahag
To smile: לחייך-חייך
Lekhaiekh-khiekh
To find: למצוא-מצא
Limtzo-matza

These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).

I saw you: ראיתי אותך
Ra'iti otkha / otakh
I wrote with a pen: אני כתבתי עם עט
Ani katavti im et
You loved apples: אתה-את אהבת תפוחים
Ata / at akhavta / akhavt tapukhim
You gave money: אתה נתת כסף
Ata / at natata / natat kesef
You played tennis: אתה שיחקת טניס
Ata / at sikhakta / sikhakt tenis
He read (past) a book: הוא קרא ספר
Hu kara sefer
He understood me: הוא הבין אותי
Hu hivin oti
She had a cat: היה לה חתול
Haia la khatul
She knew my friend: היא הכירה את חבר שלי
Hi hikira et ha-khaver sheli
We wanted to learn: אנחנו רצינו ללמוד
Anakhnu ratzinu lilmod
We thought Spanish is easy: אנחנו חשבנו שצרפתית זה קל
Anakhnu khashavnu she-sfaradit kala
You (plural) worked here: אתם-אתן עבדתם-עבדתן כאן
Atem / aten avadtem / avadten can
You (plural) spoke French: אתם-אתן דיברתם-דיברתן צרפתית
Atem / aten dibartem / dibarten tzarfatit
They drove a car: הם-הן נהגו ברכב
Hem / hen nahagu be-rekhev
They smiled: הם-הן חייכו
Hen / hen khaiekhu

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