13.21 Qal Perfect Strong: What to Memorize
You will need to have the Qal Perfect Strong Verb Paradigm memorized “like a robot” before proceeding to Lesson 14
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- For Qal Perfect strong verbs:
- No preformative
- Perfect sufformative (except 3ms)
- \(Pre =\) קָ
- Exception:
- 2mp/2fp have \(V_1=\bar A\) displaced by a Sheva as required by propretonic reduction
- \(V_1\) will be reduced if there is a pronominal suffix as required by propretonic reduction - Lesson 19
- Exception:
- \(V_S = A\)
- Exceptions:
- 3fs/3cp have \(V_S=A\) displaced by a Sheva as required by finite sufformatives
- Stative verbs may cause other \(V_S\) changes
- Exceptions:
| Sing | QP | Plural | QP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3ms | קָטַל | 3cp | קָטְלוּ |
| 3fs | קָטְלָה | ||
| 2ms | קָטַ֫לְתָּ | 2mp | קְטַלְתֶּם |
| 2fs | קָטַ֫לְתְּ | 2fp | קְטַלְתֶּן |
| 1cs | קָטַ֫לְתִּי | 1cp | קָטַ֫לנוּ |