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Prepositions & Suffixes

Prepositions that conjugate

Prepositions take pronoun suffixes

ל, ב, של, את combine with endings.

📊 של (of) with suffixes
Person Hebrew Translit
my שלי sheli
your (m) שלך shelcha
his שלו shelo
her שלה shela
our שלנו shelanu
their שלהם shelahem
💬 Examples
לי / לך / לו
li / lecha / lo
to me / to you / to him
📝 ל + suffix
שלי / שלך
sheli / shelcha
mine / yours
📝 של + suffix = possession
Attached prepositions ב, ל, כ

These one-letter prepositions prefix the noun.

💬 Examples
בבית
ba-bayit
in the house / at home
📝 ב + ה merge to 'ba'
לבית הספר
le-veit ha-sefer
to school
📝 ל = to
מ = from

The preposition מ (mi-/me-) prefixes the noun.

💬 Examples
מהבית
me-ha-bayit
from the house
📝 מ = from
אני מישראל
ani mi-Yisrael
I am from Israel
📝 Origin