====== Formative Letters ======

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<wrap big :he>א ב ה ו ט</wrap>

<wrap big :he>כך ל מם</wrap>

<wrap big :he>נן ש ת</wrap>
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Eleven of the letters in the Alef-Bet are considered "formative" because they serve grammatical functions in the language.

  * [[alef]]
  * [[bet]]
  * [[heh]]
  * [[vav]]
  * [[yod]]
  * [[kaf]]
  * [[lamed]]
  * [[mem]]
  * [[nun]]
  * [[shin]]
  * [[tav]]

This list is the opposite of the [[radical only]] letters.

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===== Technical Details Below =====
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The various uses of the formative letters are summarized in the table below:

<wrap medium>This is not a great table to memorize from.  There are separate tables in the sidebar which contain all of this information organized in a better way.  **However, this is** a good list to look up just about every function of any particular letter.</wrap>

^               Letter ^ Letter             ^ Type                         ^ Function                                                                ^
|   <wrap :he>א</wrap> | [[alef]]           | [[verb conjugation]]         | first person: I will do (cohortive) \\ second person: Do! (imperative)  |
|   <wrap :he>ב</wrap> | [[bet]]            | [[inseparable preposition]]  | (in/on/with/by)                                   |
|   <wrap :he>ה</wrap> | [[heh]]            | [[prefixes|prefix]]          | (the) [[definite article]]                                              |
|                      | [[heh]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | ("-ah") feminine singular [[marker_suffix|marker]]                      |
|                      | [[heh]]            | [[prefixes|prefix]]          | [[interrogative prefix]]                                                |
|                      | [[heh]]            | [[pronomial suffix]]         | third person singular feminine possessive                               |
|   <wrap :he>ו</wrap> | [[vav]]            | [[prefixes|prefix]]          | (and/but) (always first, [[bump]]) [[conjunction]]                      |
|                      | [[vav]]            | [[verb conjugation]]         | [[consecutive]]                                                         |
|                      | [[vav]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | (vav+tav, "-ot") feminine plural [[marker_suffix|marker]]               |
|                      | [[vav]]            | [[pronomial suffix]]         | third person singular masculine possessive                              |
|                      | [[vav]]            | [[pronomial suffix]]         | (nun+vav "-nu") first person plural possessive                          |
|   <wrap :he>י</wrap> | [[yod]]            | [[verb conjugation]]         | He/they will                                                            |
|                      | [[yod]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | masculine plural construct [[marker_suffix|marker]]                            |
|                      | [[yod]]            | [[pronomial suffix]]         | first person singular possessive                                        |
|                      | [[yod]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | (yod+mem, "-im") masculine plural [[marker_suffix|marker]]              |
|   <wrap :he>כ</wrap> | [[kaf]]            | [[inseparable preposition]]  | (as/like)                                                               |
|  <wrap :he>כך</wrap> | [[kaf]]            | [[pronomial suffix]]         | second person singular possessive                                       |
|   <wrap :he>ל</wrap> | [[lamed]]          | [[inseparable preposition]]  | (to/for/onto)                                                           |
|   <wrap :he>מ</wrap> | [[mem]]            | [[prefixes|prefix]]          | (from/of/out of)                                                        |
|   <wrap :he>ם</wrap> | [[mem]] [[sofit]]  | [[marker suffix]]            | (yod+mem, "-im") masculine plural [[marker_suffix|marker]]              |
|                      | [[mem]] [[sofit]]  | [[pronomial suffix]]         | second/third person masculine plural possessive                         |
|   <wrap :he>נ</wrap> | [[nun]]            | [[verb conjugation]]         | We will                                                                 |
|                      | [[nun]]            | [[pronomial suffix]]         | (nun+vav, "-nu") first person plural possessive                         |
|   <wrap :he>ן</wrap> | [[nun]] [[sofit]]  | [[pronomial suffix]]         | second/third person feminine plural possessive                          |
|   <wrap :he>ש</wrap> | [[shin]]           | [[prefixes|prefix]]          | (that/which/who/whom) [[asher]]                                         |
|   <wrap :he>ת</wrap> | [[tav]]            | [[verb conjugation]]         | She/you will                                                            |
|                      | [[tav]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | feminine singular construct [[marker_suffix|marker]]                             |
|                      | [[tav]]            | [[marker suffix]]            | (vav+tav, "-ot") feminine plural [[marker_suffix|marker]]               |