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.
