Chapter Two - Part Three

2.6 הכנה לְשׂיחה -  Working in a Hebrew environment -

One of the quickest and easiest ways to learn Hebrew is to make sure that the activities that form part of your regular routine are conducted in Hebrew. You will find that if you make a habit of referring to those activities by their Hebrew names (עבודה בְקְבוּצות for example) and you make the effort to use the Hebrew phrases for each type of regular request or communication ("My dog ate my term paper", "Is there a make-up exam?") you will soon have a sizeable Hebrew repertoire.

Let's review our dialog for getting acquainted:

2.6.1 ביטוּיים Common Classroom Expressions

 again                                             עוד פּעם  

please repeat after me        בְבקשה לחזור אחריי

slower please                           יותֵר לְאט בּבקשה

correct                                                                    נכון

incorrect                                                         לֹא נכון

come to the chalkboard

בואי אֶל הלוּחַ

בוא אֶל הלוּחַ

sit

שְבי

שֵב

let me see

תְני לי לִרְאות

תֵן לי לִרְאות

put

שימי

שים

go

לְכי

לֵךְ

who knows

מי יודעת ?

מי יודֵעַ ?

who wants

מי רוצה?

מי רוצֶה ?

I don't know

אני לֹא יודעת

אני לֹא יודֵע

I don't understand

אני לא מְבינה

אני לא מֵבין

please write

בְבקשה לִכְתוב

please write in the notebook

בְבקשה לִכְתוב במחְבֶּרֵת

please read

ְבבקשה לִקְרוא

very good

טוב

good

טוב מְאוד

excellent

מְצוּיין

I forgot

שכחְתי

thanks

תודה

pardon me

סְליחה

class session

שיעוּר

homework

שיעוּרֵי בית

to mark

לְסמֵן

how do you say?

אֵיךְ אומְרים

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2.6.2 בּיטוּיים  - עבודה בקְבוּצות

Look at the pictures below. Choose A classroom expression from ¶2.6.1 that you think fits a picture and write it in on the line below the picture. Do this for each of the pictures.

______________ 3        ______________2               ______________1

______________ 6        ______________5               ______________4

______________ 9        ______________8               ______________7

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The letters vahv ו and yood י are added in texts without nikkud to make them easier to read.    The ו is used instead of the vowel mark ֻ  We will write וּ  for that sound .

The letter ו is also used to replace the small /oh/ dot you find to the left of a letter (for example when reading in the prayer book). So   בּוקֶר = בּׂקֶר

Sometimes you will see two letters /vav/ together וו to tell you that here the /vav/ is pronounced with the sound /v/ and is not a vowel.

The letter י is used in everyday Hebrew after a consonant to show that the consonant should be read with the sound /ee/ and sometimes /eh/ for example  /ki-tah/   כּיתה   (rather than כּתה) .

Spelling that uses these "extra" vahv or yood letters for vowels is called  כְּתיב מלֵא   and spelling without the vahv or yood is referred to as כְּתיב חסֵר

As you read the list of words below, you have two tasks:

1.  Notice the different spellings of the same words The first column shows how the word would be spelled in a prayerbook or any text that uses כְּתיב חסֵר  .

2.  The second column shows the way you would see it in a newspaper or other books. And it is the way that you would write Hebrew yourself. Look at the difference in the way each word is written.

As you can easily imagine, writing without using the י and ו as vowel letters makes words more difficult, and the reading of a text without nikkud requires knowledge of grammar and a lot of reading experience.. And since Modern Hebrew is written without the ניקוּד... You will be happy that we use  כְּתיב מלֵא  in this book.

כְּתיב מלֵא

כְּתיב חסֵר

כְּתיב מלֵא

כְּתיב חסֵר

אנְגְלית

אַנְגְלִית

בּוקֶר

בּׂקֶר

יפה

יָפָה

בְּיחד

בְּיַחַד

עכְשיו

עַכְשָו

עגול

עָגֹל

כֵּן

כֵּן

לְאט

לְאַט

אישה

אִשָה

מִיכְתב

מִכְתָב

לִקְרוא

לִקְרֹא

לִשְתוק

לִשְתֹק

עבְרית

עִבְרִית

אוּלי

אוּלַי

כּיתה

כִּתָּה

מְאוד

מְאֹד

עגוּלה

עֲגֻלָה

מְצוּיין

מְצֻיָן

 כּוּלם

כֻּלָם

דיבֵּר

דִבֵּר

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2.7.1 שְמות הניקוּד Vowel Marks

Learn the names  of  vowels we use most frequently in our text. Practice writing the name of each vowel on a blank piece of paper while you also say it out loud.

צֵירֶי =   ֵ  ________      סֶגול=   ֶ  ________    חִירִיק=  ִ  ________

שְווא=  ְ  _______       דגֵש =  בּ   כּ   פּ    The dot in the letter

2.8 שִמְעון אומֵר GAME: "SIMON SAYS

  Use with the Software,  Chapter 2:6 "Simon Says"

שִמְעון אומֵר

behind

1. רֹאש

knees

9.בִּירְכַּיים

2. אף

teeth

10.שיניים

3. פֶּה

11. לקוּם

4. צוָואר

12. לשֶבֶת

5. עֵיניים

13. לדבֵּר

6. אוזְניים

14. לִשְתוק

7. בֶּטֶן

2.8.1 עבודה בִקְבוּצות Group Work

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