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Yiddish for Yeshivah Bachurim/Conjugating verbs

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Present tense Most verbs are conjugated in the same form in present tense, though there are some exceptions. The subject usually comes before the verb (like in English), but sometimes the order is reversed (like Hebrew) to change the tone (most notably, in questions). Here is an example of a regular verb: הערן – hear איך הער – I hear דו הערסט – you hear ער הערט – he hears זי הערט – she hears עס הערט – it hears מיר הערן – we hear איר הערט – you (plural or formal) hear זיי הערן – they hear Verbs that come from Hebrew are usually conjugated together with the word זײַן to be, similar to in Yeshivish (they are Modeh; he is Meyasheiv the Stirah; they are Mechaleik between them). Here is an example: מסכּים זײַן – agree איך בּין מסכּים – I agree דו בּיסט מסכּים – you agree ער/זי/עס איז מסכּים – he/she/it agrees מיר/זיי זײַנען מסכּים – we/they agree איר זײַנט מסכּים – you agree Past tense Past tense is conjugated by adding the helping verb האָבּן have, and (usually) adding the letters גע to the verb. This is similar to some past tense words in English ("I have done that.") For words which come from Hebrew, זײַן becomes געווען. Here are some examples: האָבּן געהערט - Had איך האָבּ געהערט – I had דו האָסט געהערט – you had ער/זי/עס האָט געהערט – he/she/it had מיר/זיי האָבּן געהערט – we/they had איר האָט געהערט – you had האָבּן מסכּים געווען – agreed איך האָבּ מסכּים געווען – I agreed דו האָסט מסכּים געווען – you agreed ער/זי/עס האָט מסכּים געווען – he/she/it agreed מיר/זיי האָבּן מסכּים געווען – we/they agreed איר האָט מסכּים געווען – you agreed Future tense Similar to past tense (and future tense in English), future tense is expressed by adding the helping verb װעלן will. Here are the (now familiar) examples: וועלן הערן – will hear איך װעל הערן – I will hear דו װעסט הערן – you will hear ער/זי/עס װעט הערן – he/she/it will hear מיר/זיי װעלן הערן – we/they will hear איר װעט הערן – you will hear וועלן מסכּים זײַן – will agree איך װעל מסכּים זײַן – I will agree דו װעסט מסכּים זײַן – you will agree ער/זי/עס װעט מסכּים זײַן – he/she/it will agree מיר/זיי װעלן מסכּים זײַן – we/they will agree איר װעט מסכּים זײַן – you will agree