Prepositions with pronoun endings · 4/60
יֵשׁ לִי / אֵין לִי — I have / I don't have
Possession with יֵשׁ / אֵין + the preposition לְ
Hebrew has no verb “to have”. “I have” is יֵשׁ (“there is”) + לִי (“to me”); “I don't have” is אֵין + לִי. In the past and future, יֵשׁ becomes הָיָה / יִהְיֶה: הָיָה לִי, יִהְיֶה לִי.
| Person | Have | Don't have | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | יֵשׁ לִיyesh li | אֵין לִיein li | I have / don't have |
| you (m) | יֵשׁ לְךָyesh lecha | אֵין לְךָein lecha | you have / don't have |
| you (f) | יֵשׁ לָךְyesh lach | אֵין לָךְein lach | you have / don't have |
| he | יֵשׁ לוֹyesh lo | אֵין לוֹein lo | he has / doesn't have |
| she | יֵשׁ לָהּyesh la | אֵין לָהּein la | she has / doesn't have |
| we | יֵשׁ לָנוּyesh lanu | אֵין לָנוּein lanu | we have / don't have |
| you (m pl) | יֵשׁ לָכֶםyesh lachem | אֵין לָכֶםein lachem | you have / don't have |
| you (f pl) | יֵשׁ לָכֶןyesh lachen | אֵין לָכֶןein lachen | you have / don't have |
| they (m) | יֵשׁ לָהֶםyesh lahem | אֵין לָהֶםein lahem | they have / don't have |
| they (f) | יֵשׁ לָהֶןyesh lahen | אֵין לָהֶןein lahen | they have / don't have |
| Tense | Hebrew | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Present | יֵשׁ לִי זְמַןyesh li zman | I have time |
| Past | הָיָה לִי זְמַןhaya li zman | I had time |
| Future | יִהְיֶה לִי זְמַןyihye li zman | I will have time |
| Negative, past | לֹא הָיָה לִי זְמַןlo haya li zman | I didn't have time |
| Negative, future | לֹא יִהְיֶה לִי זְמַןlo yihye li zman | I won't have time |
הָיָה / יִהְיֶה agrees with the thing possessed: הָיְתָה לִי מְכוֹנִית (car — f.), הָיוּ לִי סְפָרִים (books — pl.).
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