בא feminine form

[Ali Smith]

Shalom, what is the feminine of בא? For example, if I wanted to change הוא עדין לא בא to make it about a female, how would I change בא?

Thanks.

 

[slus]

Simple - באה
היא עדין לא באה

 

[shalom00]

With the emphasis on the first syllable.

 

[Ali Smith]

Thanks! Does it mean “She still hasn’t come.”?

 

[slus]

Yes.
And בא and באה are both the past and presents forms of the verb.

 

[Ali Smith]

So, there’s no difference in pronunciation between “She came” and “She is coming”?

 

[Drink]

So, there’s no difference in pronunciation between “She came” and “She is coming”?

In formal Hebrew there is. The present tense is stressed on the last syllable.

 

[slus]

You can tell by the context

 

[Ali Smith]

Thanks! I think it's similar to אשתי טסה., which could mean either "My wife flew." or "My wife is flying." in colloquial Hebrew.

In modern Hebrew, however, the stress is different: it's on the second syllable in the present tense: ishti ta-SA. However, nobody ever speaks that way.

 

[Drink]

I think you meant "formal Hebrew" instead of "modern Hebrew". They're both modern.

 

[Ali Smith]

Yes, sorry.