Verbs: Infinitive 2
Lessons
Lesson 1
- – to define
- – to improve
- – to continue
- – to increase
- – to believe
- – to influence
Lesson 2
- – to answer
- – to win
- – to cover
- – to finish
- – to develop
- – to allow
Lesson 3
- – to agree
- – to understand
- – to feel
- – to wait
- – to die
- – to explain
Lesson 4
- – to fly
- – to hide
- – to read
- – to recover
- – to use
- – to replace
Lesson 5
- – to build
- – to break
- – to stop
- – to leave
- – to stay
- – to remember
- – to meet
Lesson 6
- – to serve
- – to make, to cause
- – to consider
- – to miss
- – to think
- – to like, to love
- – to refuse
📖 Story: The book tower 11 sentences · 3 questions
The book tower
- Dani wants to build a tower out of books.
- His dad tries to explain:
- "It can fall."
- But Dani refuses to stop.
- He wants to finish before dinner.
- Suddenly the cat jumps on the table.
- The tower falls, and the cat runs away.
- Dani starts to cry, and Dad comes to help.
- "Now I understand,"
- says Dani.
- "You have to think about the cat too!"
Questions
What does Dani want to build?
Why does the tower fall?
What does Dani understand in the end?
Practice
The rule
Infinitives by verb pattern:
| Pa'al | , |
| Pi'el | , |
| Hif'il | , |
| Hitpa'el | , |
| Nif'al | , |
Each sentence shows the rule. Listen, say it after the voice, then tap the grey bar for the meaning and a note on the rule. The pattern quiz blanks out the key form.
Sentences
- – I want to understand · Hif'il: להבין
- – It's hard to wait · Pi'el: לחכות
- – He needs to finish the work · Pi'el: לסיים
- – Can you explain again? · Hif'il: להסביר
- – I want to stay here · Nif'al: להישאר
- – May I use the phone? · Hitpa'el: להשתמש
- – He wants to build a house · Pa'al: לבנות
- – It's important to remember this · Pa'al: לזכור