how do you say “to continue” in Hebrew?

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-1.m4a” /]לְהַמְשִׁיךְ, לְהִמָּשֵׁךְ

If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the expression:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-2.m4a” /]אתה ממשיך ישר…

You continue straight…

That’s speaking to a male. To a female its: את ממשיכה ישר…[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-3.m4a” /]

ממשיך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-4.m4a” /] and ממשיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-5.m4a” /] are usages of the active-causative verb להמשיך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-6.m4a” /] – to continue doing something.

Then there’s something that just continues on its own. For that, the word is להימשך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-7.m4a” /], a nifal verb. It also means to last.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-8.m4a” /]כמה זמן הישיבה הזאת תימשך!?

How long will this meeting last?!

להימשך also means to be attracted.