The suffixes of the nif’al perfect are identical to those of the pa’al, and in most cases, so is the second syllable. In most cases, the first syllable opens with the נ prefix and closes with the first root letter: נִזְ-כַּר. When the first root letter is י, that י usually transforms into a וֹ vowel letter when the נ prefix is added: נוֹלַד. When the middle root letter is ו or י, the signal letter forms an open syllable with a kamatz: נָפוֹץ. (There are only a few such roots that attest in nif’al.) When the first root letter is ע, ח, ה, or א, that letter does not close the syllable; instead it has a composite sh’va: נַעֲשָׂה .