[Nadja]

Hello

Me and Sulamith were doing homework together today.

We got two questions to the teacher.

1.       What does dagesch (the dot) in the middle of the letter “tav” means?
With “bet” we know that it is to mark the difference to pronounce “B” or “V”, but in “tav” what does it mean?

2.       The letter “hej” at the end of the word marks the feminine gender.
Is it pronounced sometimes or is it always mute (like “alef” at the end of the word)?

I don’t want to take time for this during the lesson, so it will be nice if the teacher can answer our questions here in this forum.

Best wishes

Nadja

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