Hebrew Learning Guide
Prepositions
לִפְנֵי lifnei

before, in front of

Form without pronominal affixes

base form
לִפְנֵי lifnei

Forms with pronominal affixes

1st person
plur. sing.
לְפָנֵינוּ lefaneinu
לְפָנַי lefanay
2nd person
fem. plur. masc. plur. fem. sing. masc. sing.
לִפְנֵיכֶן lifneichen
לִפְנֵיכֶם lifneichem
לְפָנַיִךְ lefanayich
לְפָנֶיךָ lefanecha
3rd person
fem. plur. masc. plur. fem. sing. masc. sing.
לִפְנֵיהֶן lifneihen
לִפְנֵיהֶם lifneihem
לְפָנֶיהָ lefaneha
לְפָנָיו lefanav

Examples

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לְפָנַי. ha-kise omed lefanay.

The chair stands in front of me.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לְפָנֵינוּ. ha-kise omed lefaneinu.

The chair stands in front of us.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לְפָנֶיךָ. ha-kise omed lefanecha.

The chair stands in front of you.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לְפָנַיִךְ. ha-kise omed lefanayich.

The chair stands in front of you.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לִפְנֵיכֶם. ha-kise omed lifneichem.

The chair stands in front of you all.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לִפְנֵיכֶן. ha-kise omed lifneichen.

The chair stands in front of you all.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לְפָנָיו. ha-kise omed lefanav.

The chair stands in front of him.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לְפָנֶיהָ. ha-kise omed lefaneha.

The chair stands in front of her.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לִפְנֵיהֶם. ha-kise omed lifneihem.

The chair stands in front of them.

הַכִּסֵּא עוֹמֵד לִפְנֵיהֶן. ha-kise omed lifneihen.

The chair stands in front of them.