#action verbs

Let’s get GOING with this Hebrew Lesson! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Let’s talk about verbs baby~ let's talk about you and me~ let's talk about all the good things and the bad things that.. ahem.. I promise I’ll stop now. But seriously guys I need to make a point clear to you before we get into the making of adjectives which we’re gonna do real soon, but this is about verbs.    

Like I mentioned in the post about conjugating verbs we have two types of verbs: Active and descriptive verbs (this has nothing to do with 하다 and 다 verbs). 

Active/action verbs are verbs where you’re actively doing something. It doesn’t have to be a very active thing, like looking is not something where you move, but you are doing something “actively” - it’s an action.  

Descriptive verbs are verbs that describe something. “It is beautiful” is an example of that. But hey! Isn’t that an adjective? No, as long as you say that it is something it’s a verb. So descriptive verbs are things that are but aren’t an action - they describe. 

Let’s look at the difference. 

좋다 means that something is good. It is something but it’s not an active thing. You cannot say you’re doing good (that’s slang/incorrect). Something is good or you’re doing well, which is not 좋아하다. So 좋다 is descriptive. 

좋아하다 means that someone likes something. This is an action, you actively like something. It does not mean that something is doing well. So 좋아하다 is active.

A main verb is an action word. Some verbs show being (be verb) some show action(main/action verb. Examples: talk, write, sing, taste, like Main verbs cab be in past tense, present tense and future tense. Some example sentences: The giant lifted the horse. She carries many books. My mom will cook tomorrow.

Action verbs 🥴