Now that we have learned how to ask what someone wants, it would help to learn how to indicate that you’re giving something to someone. We do this by saying the following phrase which means “Here it is for you” or “Here you go”:
(to a man)
(to a woman)
This phrase is the combination of:
which means “Look!” or “Behold!”
the prefix for “to, for, unto”, and
- the appropriate possessive ending:
if it’s a man or
if it’s a woman.
The in
is assimilated into a
, and all of the elements are combined into a single word.
Conversation:
Imagine the following conversation between two men:
[audio http://aramaicnt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Here-You-Go-02.mp3] Hello!
Hello, and what would you like?
I would like an apple, please.
Here’s an apple for you.
Take a moment to listen to this, and then re-imagine how it would sound between a man and a woman, or between two women. What changes would you expect?