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Personal pronouns

I, you, he, she, we, you, they

Hebrew “you” and “they” have separate masculine and feminine forms. In everyday speech the feminine plurals אַתֶּן and הֵן are almost always replaced by the masculine אַתֶּם and הֵם.

PersonHebrewExample
Iאֲנִיaniאֲנִי לוֹמֵד עִבְרִיתani lomed ivritI'm learning Hebrew
you (m)אַתָּהataאַתָּה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל?ata mi-yisrael?are you from Israel?
you (f)אַתְּatאַתְּ גָּרָה פֹּה?at gara po?do you live here?
heהוּאhuהוּא רוֹפֵאhu rofehe is a doctor
sheהִיאhiהִיא מוֹרָהhi morashe is a teacher
weאֲנַחְנוּanachnuאֲנַחְנוּ חֲבֵרִיםanachnu chaverimwe are friends
you (m pl)אַתֶּםatemאַתֶּם מוּכָנִים?atem muchanim?are you ready?
you (f pl)אַתֶּןatenאַתֶּן אֲחָיוֹת?aten achayot?are you sisters?
they (m)הֵםhemהֵם בַּבַּיִתhem babayitthey are at home
they (f)הֵןhenהֵן עֲיֵפוֹתhen ayefotthey are tired

There is no “to be” in the present tense: אֲנִי מוֹרֶה — I am a teacher. הוּא / הִיא sometimes serve as a copula: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הִיא עִיר גְּדוֹלָה — Jerusalem is a big city.

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