נִיפְעַל
כָּנַס
Collect, enfold, gather, assemble
You create the infinitive by adding a lamed, hey, yod in front of the shoresh.
לְהִיכַּנֵס
To enter.
| Masculine Singular | נִכְנָס |
| Feminine Singular | נִכְנֶסֶת |
| Masculine Plural | נִכְנָסִית |
| Feminine Plural | נִכְנָסוֹת |
To conjugate a paal verb in the past tense, start with the third person masculine singular. I am going to show you a table with all the conjugations, but you can pretend that we started it with only the fourth row filled in.
| 1 | נִכְנַסתִי | אני |
| 2 | נִכְנַסְתָ | אתה |
| 3 | נִכְנַסְתְ | את |
| 4 | נִכְנַס | הוּא |
| 5 | נִכְנְסָה | היִא |
| 6 | נִכְנַסְנוּ | אֲנַחְנוּ |
| 7 | נִכְנַסְתֶם\ן | אתם\ן |
| 8 | נִכְנְסוּ | הם\ן |
Future tense is similar, but there is an additional rule. The rule is first person deletes yod. We begin again with the third person masculine singular.
| 1 | אֶכָּנֵס | אני |
| 2 | תִיכָּנֵס | אתה |
| 3 | תִיכָּנְסִי | את |
| 4 | יִיכָּנֵס | הוּא |
| 5 | תִּיכָּנֵס | היא |
| 6 | נִיכְּנֵס | אנחנו |
| 7 | תִּיכָּנֵסוּ | אתם\ן |
| 8 | יִיכָּנְסוּ | הם\ן |
In imperative we also have the rule of suffix deletes the vav.
| 1 | הִיכָּנֵס | אתה |
| 2 | הִיכָּנְסִי | את |
| 3 | הִיכָּנְסוּ | אתם\ן |
The above conjugation came from Rut Avni. Pealim.com has a slightly different conjugation. It added a form for the female plural imperative.
| הִיכָּנֵסְנָה | אתן |