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* Question particles (''ha2im'' if before subject, ''ha-'' if before verb or predicate) are usually retained. Questions don't have a different intonation from declarative sentences. Question marks are not usually used.
* Question particles (''ha2im'' if before subject, ''ha-'' if before verb or predicate) are usually retained. Questions don't have a different intonation from declarative sentences. Question marks are not usually used.
* It also prefers some coincidentally Gaelic-sounding words, e.g. אַךְ ''ach'' 'but' and שָׂשׂ ''sas'' 'happy' (sounding like Judeo-Gaelic ''ach'' 'but' and ''sostă'' 'satisfied') instead of the synonyms אֲבָל ''aval'' and שָׂמֵחַ ''sameach''.  
* It also prefers some coincidentally Gaelic-sounding words, e.g. אַךְ ''ach'' 'but' and שָׂשׂ ''sas'' 'happy' (sounding like Judeo-Gaelic ''ach'' 'but' and ''sostă'' 'satisfied') instead of the synonyms אֲבָל ''aval'' and שָׂמֵחַ ''sameach''.  
* אם ''im'' vs לו ''lü'' are kept distinct even colloquially
* for "it's X", "hu/hi X" preferred over "ze/zo X"
* for "it's X", "hu/hi X" preferred over "ze/zo X"
* Tenses:
* Tenses:
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** הוא יאכל Bey șe ney îth
** הוא יאכל Bey șe ney îth
* "please" is עם רצונך ''im rătzonkha'' 'with your will', a calque of לא טא °תעל ''lă dă-thel''.
* "please" is עם רצונך ''im rătzonkha'' 'with your will', a calque of לא טא °תעל ''lă dă-thel''.
* Loazit ''-tzya'' '-tion' is borrowed directly from Latin ''-tiō'', via Gaelic Hebrew ''-țyo''


Present-day Hebrew has 8 million speakers, the second largest Jewish language after [[Ăn Yidiș]].
Present-day Hebrew has 8 million speakers, the second largest Jewish language after [[Ăn Yidiș]].