Hebrew Verbs - To Have

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The word order of the verb "to have" is slightly different in Hebrew.
יש לי (yesh li) in Hebrew literally means "there is to me". So in order to say that someone has something you have to use "there is" - יש (yesh) - and the indirect object pronoun "to me/him.." (li, lo..).
Example:
I have a beautiful car - יש לי מכונית יפה (yesh li mechonit yafa).
This roughly translates as "there is to me car beautiful". In Hebrew, of course, this makes a lot more sense.
To say "don't have" you use �?ין (en) - "there isn't" - and the indirect object pronoun "to me/him" etc.
Example:
I don't have a beautiful car - �?ין לי מכונית יפה (en li mechonit yafa).
In order to say "to not have" in the future and past tenses just use "no" - ל�? (lo) - the appropriate conjugation of the verb "to be" and, of course, the indirect object pronoun.
To say "to have" in the past and future tenses just remove the word "no" - ל�?.
Example:
He didn't have a clue - ל�? היה לו מושג (lo haya lo mosag)
As you can see, no (ל�? - lo) and to him (לו - lo) are pronounced the same, but spelled differently.

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