אני גר בעיר גדולה.

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Breakdown of אני גר בעיר גדולה.

• גדול: big
• לגור: to live
• ב: in

Questions & Answers about אני גר בעיר גדולה.

Why is גר used here, and does it tell me anything about the speaker?

Yes. גר is the masculine singular form, so it usually means the speaker is male.

• אני גר בעיר גדולה. = said by a male
• אני גרה בעיר גדולה. = said by a female

Hebrew often marks gender in the present tense, unlike English.

Why is גדולה feminine?

Because עיר is a feminine noun in Hebrew. Adjectives usually have to agree with the noun they describe in gender and number.

So:

• עיר גדולה = a big city
• בית גדול = a big house

Here:

• עיר = feminine singular
• גדולה = feminine singular adjective

That is why you do not say עיר גדול.

Why is the adjective after the noun? In English we say big city.

In Hebrew, adjectives normally come after the noun.

So Hebrew says:

• עיר גדולה literally city big

This is the normal word order for noun + adjective in Hebrew.