Question words, "Where?"

Question words, "Where?"

A. Griber

In this lesson, you will learn the question word מֵאַיִן (meAyin?) - "where?", Which is used when we need to know about the starting point of movement of anyone or anything about the source of occurrence or the occurrence of anything about the source any information.

In colloquial speech, the word is also used מֵאֵיפה (meEyfo?) - "where?".

? מֵאַיִן אַתָה / אַת

(MeAyin ata / at?)

"Where are you from?"

.אֲנִי מִשָם

(Ani E Sham).

"I'm out of there."

Word מִשָם (E-Sham) - "out" is made up of the preposition מִ (Mi-) and words שָם (sham).

? מֵאַיִן הוּא

(MeAyin hu?)

"Where is he from?"

.הוּא מִכָּאן

(Hu E kan).

"He's here."

Word מִכָּאן (E kan) - "here" consists of a preposition מִ (Mi-) and word כָּאן (CAD).

? וּמֵאַיִן הִיא

(Y-meAyin hi?)

"And where is she?"

.גַם הִיא מִפֹּה

(Gam hi E tO).

"She, too, here."

Word מִפֹּה (E tO) consists of a preposition מִ (Mi-) and word פֹּה (on).

? מֵאֵיפֹה יַיִן

(MeEyfo yAyin?)

"Where the wine?"

Word יַיִן (yAyin) - "Wine" - a noun masculine singular.

.הַיַיִן מִצָרפַת

(Ha-yAyin Margherita Sarfatti E).

"The wine of France."

Word צָרפַת (Margherita Sarfatti) - "France" - a noun feminine singular.

Word אֶרֶץ (Eretz) - "country", as you already know, refers to the feminine singular.

Accordingly, all country names are feminine in Hebrew.

? מֵאֵיפֹה וִיסקִי

(MeEyfo whiskey?)

"Where the whiskey?"

Word וִיסקִי (Whiskey) - is a noun masculine singular.

.הַוִיסקִי מֵאֲמֶרִיקָה

(Ha-whiskey ME amErika.)

"Whiskey in America."

Word אֲמֶרִיקָה (amErika) - "America" - a noun feminine singular.

Preposition מֵ (me-; letter "Mem" a vowel "tserE") to pronounce a word that begins with the letters א (Alef), ה (Hei), ח (Het), ע (Ayin), ר (NES), then there begins with any vowel or consonant "s" and "p."

? מֵאֵיפֹה ווֹדקָה

(MeEyfo vodka?)

"Where vodka?"

Word ווֹדקָה (vodka) - it is a feminine noun singular.

.הַווֹדקָה מֵרוּסיָה

(Ha-vodka ME rUsya.)

"Vodka from Russia."

Word רוּסיָה (rUsya) - "Russia" - a noun feminine singular.

? מֵאַיִן הָעִיתוֹן יְדִיעוֹת אַחרוֹנוֹת

(MeAyin ha-Eaton yediOt Ahronoth?)

"From the newspaper" Latest news "?"

Word עִיתוֹן (Eaton) - "newspaper" - a noun masculine singular.

Accordingly, all the names of the newspapers regardless of the type of individual words that are part of these titles also include the masculine singular.

Word יְדִיעוֹת (yediOt) - is a feminine noun plural, which formed from the noun is feminine singular יְדִיעָה (yediA) - "the news or message; note or message (in press); knowledge".

Word אַחרוֹנוֹת (Aharonot) - this adjective is feminine plural, which is derived from the adjective masculine singular אַחֲרוֹן (Aharon) - "the last (in a row)."

Despite the fact that both component names refer to the feminine plural, the name of the newspaper is a noun masculine singular.

.הָעִיתוֹן יְדִיעוֹת אַחרוֹנוֹת מִיִשׂרָאֵל

(Ha-Eaton yediOt Akhronot Yisrael E).

"Newspaper" Breaking News "from Israel."

? מֵאֵיפה הַחֲדָשוֹת הָאֵלֶה

(MeEyfo Hadashot ha-ha-Ele?)

"Where did this news?"

Word חֲדָשוֹת (Hadashot) - is a feminine noun plural, which formed from the noun is feminine singular חֲדָשָה (Hadash) - "news (news)."

Word אֵלֶה (Ele), getting into position after the noun, is set to "these".

.הַחֲדָשוֹת הָאֵלֶה מֵעִיר חַיפָה / חֵיפָה

(Ha-ha-Hadashot Ele ME Il Haifa / heyfA).

"The news from Haifa."

Word חַיפָה / חֵיפָה (Haifa - colloquially / heyfA - in the literary language) - "Haifa" - a noun feminine singular.

In conclusion, it should be added that the prepositions מִ (Mi-) and מֵ (me-) is a shortened version pretext מִן (min) - "from (where), from (where, how long), with (from elsewhere)," which can be used instead of the truncated variants:

מִן אֲמֶרִיקָה (amErika min)

מִן רוּסיָה (rUsya min)

מִן צָרפַת (Margherita Sarfatti min).

So, in this lesson you learned from the interrogative words? מֵאַיִן (meAyin?) And? מֵאֵיפה (meEyfo?), As well as with prepositions מִ (Mi-), מֵ (me-) and מִן (min).