This week’s word is bus, or, in Hebrew, Pronounced auto-boose. You can use it in sentences such as the following: Where is the bus stop/station? Transliterated this reads: Aye-pho ta-chah-nat ha-auto-boose? And How much is it to ride the bus? Transliterated this reads: Kah-ma zeh oh-leh leen’soh-ah ba-auto-boose? [...]
This week’s word is moon, or, in Hebrew,
Pronounced yah-ray-ach.
You can use it in sentences such as the following:
Did you (male/female) see the moon last weekend?
Transliterated this reads: Rah-eeta (male)/Rah-eet (female) et ha-yah-ray-ach b’sof ha-shah-vuah she-avar?
And
The moon was very bright.
Transliterated this reads: Ha-yah-ray-ach ha-yah meh-ode moo-eh-ret.
And
The moon also looked bigger.
Transliterated this reads: Gam ha-ya-ray-ach neer-eh [...]
Israeli newspapers are a great resource for practicing Hebrew and learning new terms. For years Hebrew teachers have used them to give Hebrew students exposure to every day Hebrew and topics. The problem is that unless you know some key words of the topics usually discussed it can be hard to follow, especially when it [...]
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I received an email a few days ago from friends of mine in Jerusalem recounting an event that happened to them when they were preparing for dinner on Friday night. One of the guests they invited for the meal was helping them prepare something when she cut her finger on a knife. The cut was [...]
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