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Infection of את 
 In this lesson, we are going to learn the how to use 
pronouns as a direct object.
Infection of את 
 At the very beginning of the course, way back in 
lesson 3, we learned that when a direct object is 
present in a sentence AND it is definite we use the 
definite direct object marker .את 
 In Hebrew prepositions are “declined” meaning that 
they can take a suffix based on a pronoun. We 
have already saw this with the ל pronouns ( , לה,לי 
לנו , etc) and with the preposition ב. Let’s now learn 
it with the DDO marker .את
Infection of את 
 This declension is a little more complex than the 
ones we have learned so far, but it shouldn’t be too 
difficult for you. 
 When you decline the preposition את , you are 
using an object pronoun. For instance if you 
wanted to say: 
 I love you. 
 I trust them. 
 I invite her. 
 You would use the preposition את with the correct 
suffix to express these ideas.
Infection of את 
 Normally, you use את when you have a definite 
direct object and the vowel is ‘e’ (et). When you 
decline the preposition, the vowel will change to ‘o’. 
We will see this in this lesson. 
 We will use the letter ו, between the preposition 
and its suffixes as a transition letter in most of the 
forms. You will notice that the suffixes added are 
very similar to those you have already learned for 
the ל pronouns and the inflections of .ב
Infection of את 
 Let’s go through all the forms: 
 ( אותי – (אני (oti) (me) 
 ( אותך – (את (otach) (you) 
 ( אותך – (אתה (otacha) (you) 
 ( אותו – (הוא (oto) (him) 
 ( אותה – (היא (ota) (her) 
 ( אותנו – (אנחנו (otenu) (us) 
 ( אתכן – (אתן (etchen) (you) 
 ( אתכם – (אתם (etchem)(you) 
 ( אותן – (הן (oten) (them) 
 ( אותם – (הם (otem) (them)
Infection of את 
 Notice that all the forms contain the letter ו 
between the preposition and the pronouns. 
 Notice also that the final letter(s) that make up the 
endings for the pronouns are exactly the same as 
for the ל pronouns except in the 3rd person plural: 
 אותה = לה ,לי = אותי , etc 
 להם =/= אותם ,להן =/= אותן 
 In the 2nd person plural, the ו is not present. Also 
the vowel is ‘e’ rather than ‘o’ due to the lack of .ו
Infection of את 
 There are many other prepositions that we will 
discover follow this same inflection. Most 
prepositions in Hebrew do. We will discuss others 
in future lessons.

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Inflection of et

  • 1. Infection of את  In this lesson, we are going to learn the how to use pronouns as a direct object.
  • 2. Infection of את  At the very beginning of the course, way back in lesson 3, we learned that when a direct object is present in a sentence AND it is definite we use the definite direct object marker .את  In Hebrew prepositions are “declined” meaning that they can take a suffix based on a pronoun. We have already saw this with the ל pronouns ( , לה,לי לנו , etc) and with the preposition ב. Let’s now learn it with the DDO marker .את
  • 3. Infection of את  This declension is a little more complex than the ones we have learned so far, but it shouldn’t be too difficult for you.  When you decline the preposition את , you are using an object pronoun. For instance if you wanted to say:  I love you.  I trust them.  I invite her.  You would use the preposition את with the correct suffix to express these ideas.
  • 4. Infection of את  Normally, you use את when you have a definite direct object and the vowel is ‘e’ (et). When you decline the preposition, the vowel will change to ‘o’. We will see this in this lesson.  We will use the letter ו, between the preposition and its suffixes as a transition letter in most of the forms. You will notice that the suffixes added are very similar to those you have already learned for the ל pronouns and the inflections of .ב
  • 5. Infection of את  Let’s go through all the forms:  ( אותי – (אני (oti) (me)  ( אותך – (את (otach) (you)  ( אותך – (אתה (otacha) (you)  ( אותו – (הוא (oto) (him)  ( אותה – (היא (ota) (her)  ( אותנו – (אנחנו (otenu) (us)  ( אתכן – (אתן (etchen) (you)  ( אתכם – (אתם (etchem)(you)  ( אותן – (הן (oten) (them)  ( אותם – (הם (otem) (them)
  • 6. Infection of את  Notice that all the forms contain the letter ו between the preposition and the pronouns.  Notice also that the final letter(s) that make up the endings for the pronouns are exactly the same as for the ל pronouns except in the 3rd person plural:  אותה = לה ,לי = אותי , etc  להם =/= אותם ,להן =/= אותן  In the 2nd person plural, the ו is not present. Also the vowel is ‘e’ rather than ‘o’ due to the lack of .ו
  • 7. Infection of את  There are many other prepositions that we will discover follow this same inflection. Most prepositions in Hebrew do. We will discuss others in future lessons.