OK so I think now we get the infinitive. Now we will move on to the present tense. The infinitive is super easy because there is one basic form regardless of gender. The present tense is the next easiest as there are only four basic forms. Here they are: See if you can't spot any patterns!
XoXeX (m. sing.): [5oMeR] (I, you, he, keep(s)).
XoXeXet (f. sing.): [5oMeRet] (I, you, she, keep(s)).
XoXXim (m. pl.): [5oMRim] (we, you, they keep).
XoXXot (f. pl.): [5oMRot] (we, you, they keep).
Before you get all scared let's take a look at what they all have in common. Notice they all start with an o vowel! Try to imagine a room full of boys and girls hula hooping or or eating donuts or doing both at the same time and doing that right now in the present. Picture a room full of boys and girls opening presents that are hula hoops and donuts. This is important. You want a vivid and ridiculous image that will remind you that verbs begin with an o vowel in the present tense. Simple right! We will begin with example sentences of masculine singular verbs.
Why are you checking Mary's mailbox?
Lamah 4atah BoDeQ 4et teyvat hado4ar 5el merit?
למה אתה בודק את תיבת הדואר של מרי?
I demand satisfaction.
4ani DoRe5 xipuq.
אני דורש סיפוק.
A good cook doesn't throw out yesterday's soup.
9evac 9ov lo4 ZoReQ 4et hamereq 5el 4etmol.
טבח טוב לא זורק את המרק של אתמול
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
4adam 5elo4 Co5eV 7avur 7a3mo lo4 Co5eV bi2lal.
אדם שלא חושב עבור עצמו לא חושב בכלל
Tom's drowning.
Tom 9oVea7
תום טובע
I noticed him sitting with his back against the wall.
Ra4iti 4oto Yo5eV 7im gavo 4al haqir.
ראיתי אותו יושב עם גבו אל הקיר
Tim writes as if he were left-handed.
9im KoTeV kmo hayah sema4li.
טים כותב כמו היה שמאלי
His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
Sa2aro hanamu2 MoNea7 mimenu liqnot 4et habayit.
שכרו הנמוך מונע ממנו לקנות את הבית
I'm standing in the shade.
4ani 7oMeD ba3el.
אני עומד בצל
He is always laughing.
Hu4 tamid 3oCeQ.
הוא תמיד צוחק
