
נוֹלְַדְתִי בְּמוֹנְטַנַה
2.22 קְריאה וְדיקְדוּק GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS AND TRANSLATION
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1. יוסֵף כתב סֵפֶר חדש בְשֵם "ההורים שֶלי". הוא נתן אֶת הסֵפֶר לְרחֵל.
Can you supply the meaning from the context (sentence 3) ? גמר 2.22.1 עבודה בִּקְבוּצות Group Work Prepare this exercise before class. Bring your work to class to participate with your group, comparing what you’ve done. ![]() A. Read and translate §2.22 together 1. ________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________ B. Rewrite sentence number three, substituting the pronoun הוּא for אני _____________________________________________________________
C. Can you guess why, in sentence number one, one of the verbs is followed by אֶת while the other is not? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
114 D. The word "הוא" requires three different English translations in the sentences above. Locate each instance and explain. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2.23 מיכְתב שֶרינה כתְבה A LETTER THAT RINA WROTE
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Read this letter to familiarize yourself with its content. Then listen to the audio of the text. (For review , cf. §1.36)
לְאמא שלום,
אֶתְמול הִכּרְתי (I met) סְטוּדנְט חדש מֵאמריקה. הוּא לא בכּיתה שֶלי. Answer these questions:
1. To whom is the letter written? 115 2.23.1 תרְגיל כְתיבה Writing Exercise 2.24 חזרה REVIEW: NEGATIVE STATEMENTS Turn the sentences below into negative statements. דוּגְמה: ![]() ![]() זֶה לׂא בקְבּוּק גדול
1. דוד מורֶה __________________________________________
Translate these negative statements into Hebrew: 5. The blackboard is not large. __________________________________ 6. The book is not small. ______________________________________ 7. Dinah is not at the University. _________________________________
![]() 116 2.24.2 מה ההֵפֶךְ? WHAT'S THE OPPOSITE? דוּגְמה:
Read each line and then rewrite it making it the opposite of the original statement. 100.00 % 1. זֶה סֵפֶר טוב.
Translate these negative statements into Hebrew:
2.25
הבנת הנִשְמע
LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE
![]() Strategies for Listening
1. Practice your skill in "educated guessing," i.e. using contextual clues and "probability" to get the basic idea without knowing every word in the passage. 117 Click on the audio button below and then, without looking at the text, listen to the description of a man who came to Israel with a reading problem. 2.25.1 הוּא לׂא ידע לִקרוא עִבְרית He didn't know how to read Hebrew 100.00 % ![]() נוֹלְַדְתִי בְּמוֹנְטַנַה
יוסי לׂא נולד בארֶץ. אבל עכְשיו הוּא גר בְישְׂראֵל
2.25.1 שְאֵלות Questions
1. Who is this reading about? ______________________________
118 2.25.2 עבודה בִקְבוּצות: ביטוּיים Group Work: Phrases This exercise can be done in groups, or individually. לׂא לְתרְגֵם מילה בְמילה! ![]() חַיְפה היא עיר גְדולה
8. אני יודעת משֶהוּ : התלְמידות המְצוּיינות כְמו רינה ודפְנה כְבר גמְרוּ לכְתוב אֶת כל המילים.
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הֶעָרָה
The secret of אֶת
See 2.15 for an explanation of ה "the".
Notice that we have both סֵפֶר and הסֵפֶר. "a book" and "the book." When the direct object is definite then the direct object word (סֵפֶר) must have אֶת before it.