17: Demontrative and Relative Pronouns Flashcards
What are the forms of the Demonstrative Pronouns?
How are the demonstrative pronouns used?
Like adjectives: attributive and predicate
What are the characteristics of an attributive demonstrative pronoun?
- must agree in gender, number, and definiteness, and follow the noun it describes
- the attributive demonstrative usually has the definite article, since it refers to a specific person or thing
הַסּוּס הַזֶּה “this horse”
הַסּוּסִים הָאֵלֶּה “these horses”
הַסּוּס הַהוּא “that horse”
הַסּוּסִים הָהֵם “those horses”
What happens when the noun is described with an adjective and also with a demonstrative pronoun?
- the demonstrative pronoun follows the adjective.
- noun + attributive adjective + demonstrative pronoun
What are the characteristics of the predicate demonstrative pronoun?
- must agree in gender and number
- will not have the definite article and will tend to come before the noun it describes.
What is the primary Hebrew relative pronoun and how is it translated?
אֲשֶׁר
- translated who, whom, which, what, where, that, etc
- “The boy who sent the gift”
- “The gift that was sent”
What are the characteristics of the relative pronoun?
- remains unchanged regardless of the gender or number or definiteness of the word it follows.
What part of the sentence does the relative pronoun follow?
- It can follow various parts of a sentence
- It will usually follow the noun it is describing
How does a perfect in a relative clause may be translated?
- as a past perfect
What is the Directive Hey?
- an ending added to certain words, expressing “direction toward.”
- not accented and is thus distinguished from ה ָ ,the feminine ending
בְּהֵמָה
animal, cattle
בָּקָר
herd
פַּר
bull
צֹאן
flock
יָבֵשׁ
he was dry, withered
