15.14 Qal Imperfect Strong: What to Memorize

\(Pre =\) קָ and \(V_S = \bar O\)

  • Just as with the QP strong paradigm, we will need to have the Qal Imperfect Strong Verb Paradigm memorized “like a robot” before proceeding to Lesson 16
  • Imperfect Preformatives
    • י for 3ms, 3mp
    • א for 1cs
    • נ for 1cp
    • תּ for everywhere else (3fs ,3fp, 2ms, 2fs, 2mp, 2fp)
    • We can summarize this by saying \(Pre =\) קָ
      • Exceptions:
        • 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
      • The QI \(Pre\) acts as if it is the result of the Rule of Sheva
  • Imperfect sufformatives
    • 2FS: י ִ
    • 3MP/2MP: וּ
    • 3MS/2MS: נָה
  • \(V_S = \bar O\)
    • Exceptions:
      • 3MP/2MP have \(V_S\) displaced by a Sheva as required by finite sufformatives
      • Stative verbs may cause other \(V_S\) changes