Wertt

1. The Numbers 20-100
Just like the small numbers, numbers higher than 20 also match the noun they precede in
gender. For example:
24 boys

esrim ve’arba’a yeladim24 girls

esrim ve’arba yeladot

Below is a chart that looks at the numbers 20-100 in both genders. Notice that the round
numbers (20, 30…) have the same form inmasculine and in feminine. Notice also that the
(shnayim) and
(shtayim) rather
numbers ending with 2 (22, 32…) use the form
than
(shney) and
(shtey).
Masculine ¯

Feminine20

esrim
esrim ve-axat

esrim ve-exad

21

esrim u-shtayim

esrim u-shnayim

22
30

shloshim
shloshim ve-xamesh

shloshim va-xamisha

35

arba’im40

xamishim

50

shishim

60

shiv’im

70

shmonim

80

tish’im

90

tish’im ve-tesha

tish’im ve-tish’a

99
100

me’a

Notice that theconjunctive letter sometimes changes its vowel. Normally, it is pronounced
“ve” (like in the number 21), but sometimes it is pronounced “u” (like in the number 22) or
“va” (likein the masculine form of the number 25).

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2. The Conjugation of the Verb
Here is the conjugation of the verb
/
tsrixot

/

/
¯

3. The Wordstsrixim

(tsarix, “need”) is as follows:
/

/

/

tsrixa

¯

/
¯

/

tsarix

need

and

The word
(mashehu, “something”) is composed of the components(ma, “what”) +
... (she, “that/which”) +
(hu, “he”). It refers only to objects. The word
(mishehu, “somebody”), which is composed of (mi, “who”) + ... (she, “that/which”)+
(hu, “he”), refers only to people.
, it is important to spell it with the letter in order to
When writing the word
distinguish it from the word
.

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