Interrogatives, conjunctions, prepositions and adverbs

Questions in Hebrew can easily be identified by one of the following words which will begin a sentence.

(mi) מִי		Who
(ma) מָה		What
(matay) מָתַי		When
(eyfo) אֵיפֹה / אֵי		Where
(lama) לָמָּה		Why
(ekh) אֵיךְ		How

  Who [is] it? מי זה؟

Where [are] you? איפה אתה؟

Why? למה؟

איך

  מתי

A sentence can also begin with what is called the "interogative Hey". This is the letter ה being prefixed to a word. As an example, the Hebrew word יְדַעְתֶּם [yeda3tem] (Genesis 44:15) would be translated as "you knew" but, if it is prefixed by the interogative hey it would appear as הַיְדַעְתֶּם (Genesis 29:5) and be translated as "did you know?"

Prepositions

(el) אֵל		To,For, Belonging to
(im) אִם		If
בֵּין (beyn)		Between
כִּי (ki)		That, Because, So
מִין (min)		From
עַד (3ad)		Until
עוֹד (3od)		Again
עַל (3al)		Upon, Over
שָׁם (sham)		There

אל

מין

 

על

שם

בין

עם - 3im) with)   

Conjunctions

אֲשֵׁר (asher)		Which, Who, That
אוֹ (o)		Or
גַּם (gam)		Also
פֶּן (pen)		Otherwise

גם כן or גם

Adverbs

כֵּן (ken)		So
עָתַה (3ata)		Now
אַךְ (akh)		Indeed, Surely
רַק (raq)		Only
אוּלַי (ulay)		Perhaps
אוּלָם (ulam)		But

אך

    

 אולי

 

אבל - aval) but)