>One hears it in AB-BIY, > 'my father', AX-XIY, 'my brother', etc. Those who say they don't > hear it need to pay closer attention.
I don't hear it, though there is natural length on the accented vowel. In Arabic one does hear lengthened consonants. However, I don't think that dagesh is Pere's question. I 'm guessing that he wants to know about pi``al vs. pi``el. Randall Buth -- Randall Buth, PhD www.biblicallanguagecenter.com Biblical Language Center Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
