Unit 6

Question 1

What is the tense of a verb?

Answer 1

When the action occurs

Question 2

What is the aspect of a verb?

Answer 2

How an action happens; e.g. one or repeated, complete or progressive

Question 3

What is the suffix conjugation also referred to as?

Answer 3

The qatal conjugation

Question 4

What is the qal qatal used for?

Answer 4

Complete, typically past, action
Can sometimes be used for present or future actions

Question 5

Qal qatal 3ms

Answer 5

קָטַל

He killed

Question 6

Qal qatal 3fs

Answer 6

קׇֽטְלָה

She killed

Question 7

Qal qatal 2ms

Answer 7

קׇטַלְתָּ (stress on the pretonic syllable)

You killed (m)

Question 8

Qal qatal 2fs

Answer 8

קׇטַלְתְּ

You killed (f)

Question 9

Qal qatal 1cs

Answer 9

קׇטַלְתִּי (stress on the pretonic syllable)

I killed

Question 10

Qal qatal 3cp

Answer 10

קׇֽטְלוּ

They killed

Question 11

Qal qatal 2mp

Answer 11

קְטַלְתֶּמ

You killed (m)

Question 12

Qal qatal 2fp

Answer 12

קְטַלְתֶּן

You killed (f)

Question 13

Qal qatal 1cp

Answer 13

קָטַלְנוּ (stress on pretonic syllable)

We killed

Question 14

If a root consonant of the qal qatal is BGDKFT, what dagesh needs to be added?

Answer 14

Weak dagesh

Question 15

What does the meteg do?

Answer 15

Indicate a qames hatuf
Because the syllable containing it is open, the following BGDKFT letter doesn’t take a weak dagesh

Question 16

How is the qal qatal formed if the first radical is guttural?

Answer 16

2mp and 2fp voiced with hatef patah instead of vocal shewa

Question 17

How is the qal qatal formed if the second radical is a gutteral?

Answer 17

Second syllable of the 3fs and 3cp are pointed with hatef patah rather than vocal shewa

Question 18

How is the qal qatal formed if the third radical is נ?

Answer 18

It assimilates into the 1cp suffix, indicated by a strong dagesh
The preceding radical doesn’t take silent shewa

Question 19

There are 4

Which preterite senses is the qal qatal used in?

Answer 19

Immediately after the negative particle
Contrasts with previous clause
Following a new subject
Following a conjunction

Question 20

There are 3

What uses, other than preterite action, does the qal qatal have?

Answer 20

Present perfect (I have killed)
Pluperfect (past completed action)
Present states (limited to mental and emotional states)

Question 22

When is the direct object marker used?

Answer 22

If the direct object is preceded by the definite article

Question 23

In what order are verbs parsed?

Answer 23

Verb; stem; conjugation; person; gender; number; root; translation

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