מאז ש־

Since a Starting Event

Level 4

מאז ש means since or ever since before a clause. It can connect a continuing situation to the event when that situation began.

How It Works

A Starting Event

מאז שהגעתי identifies since I arrived. The subordinate clause supplies the starting event for the time relationship.

Clause or Time Phrase

מאז אתמול means since yesterday and uses a time expression. מאז שעברתי uses a clause, so ש attaches to its first word.

Read These Examples in Context

The routine and friendship examples use present predicates. The not-seeing example uses a past verb with לא. These examples show different ways to describe what holds or happened since the starting event; they do not prescribe a single tense after מאז ש. For the bare because reason in the mistake card, use כי.

Examples (4)

  1. מאז שעברתי לכאן, אני הולך לעבודה ברגל.

    Since I moved here, I have walked to work.

    The present Hebrew predicate describes the continuing routine.

  2. מאז שהיא הגיעה, יש כאן שקט.

    Since she arrived, it has been quiet here.

    Arrival establishes the start of the current situation.

  3. לא ראיתי אותו מאז שהחליף עבודה.

    I have not seen him since he changed jobs.

    The job change is the starting event.

  4. אנחנו חברים מאז שלמדנו ביחד.

    We have been friends since we studied together.

    The past study event anchors the continuing friendship.

Common Mistakes

  • Using temporal מאז ש to state a bare because reason.

    מאז שאני עייף עכשיו, אלך לישון.
    כי אני עייף עכשיו, אלך לישון.

    For the intended current reason, use כי; מאז ש instead establishes a temporal starting point.

How It Connects

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מאז ש־Level 4Since a Starting Event

Learn This First

Mark the starting boundary of an interval continuing from an earlier event.