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הוא מסדר את הספרים בארון, ואני מסדרת את המגירה.
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He arranges the books in the closet, and I tidy the drawer.
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Questions & Answers about הוא מסדר את הספרים בארון, ואני מסדרת את המגירה.
Why are מסדר and מסדרת different if they come from the same verb?
Because Hebrew present-tense forms agree with gender and number.
- מסדר = masculine singular
- מסדרת = feminine singular
So:
- הוא מסדר = he is arranging
- אני מסדרת = I am arranging, said by a female speaker
If the speaker were male, it would be ואני מסדר.
Why does אני stay the same, but the verb changes?
In Hebrew, אני means I for both men and women. The pronoun itself does not show gender.
Instead, in the present tense, gender shows up on the verb form:
- אני מסדר = I am arranging, male speaker
- אני מסדרת = I am arranging, female speaker
This is different from English, where I never affects verb gender because English verbs do not have grammatical gender.
Is מסדר / מסדרת really a present-tense verb?