This week’s word is, hotel, or, in Hebrew, Pronounced mah-lone. You can use it in sentences such as the following: Do you (masculine) know where the hotel is? Transliterated this reads: Ha-im ata yo-day-ah aye-fo ha-mah-lone neem-tsah?
And, We need two rooms in the hotel. Transliterated this reads: anach-nu tsrichim shnay chad-rei ha-mah-lone.
And, Does the [...]
This week’s word is the verb, to cook, or, in Hebrew, Pronounced l’va-shel. You can use it in sentences such as the following: I love to cook. Transliterated this reads: Ani oh-haiv l’va-shel. And, What are you (pl.) cooking? Transliterated this reads: Mah ah-tem m’vah-shlim? And, Was the chicken dry? Transliterated [...]
This week’s word is cereal, or, in Hebrew, Pronounced d’ga-nay bo-ker. You can use it in sentences such as the following: I want (m.) cereal for breakfast. Transliterated this reads: Ani ro-tzeh d’ga-nim l’aru-chat boker.
And, when in a supermarket, Where is the cereal aisle? Transliterated this reads: Ay-fo ma-ah-var d’ga-nay bo-ker?
And, Is there milk? (for [...]
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 [...]
This week’s word is the flu, or, in Hebrew,
Pronounced shah-pah-aht.
You can use it in sentences such as the following:
He is sick with the flu.
Transliterated this reads: Hu choleh eem shah-pah-aht.
And
She is also sick with the flu.
Transliterated this reads: He gam cholah eem shah-pah-aht.
And
If you (male) have the flu, you (male) need to rest in bed.
Transliterated [...]
Several people have mentioned to me that they thought Hebrew was a dead language. Aside from them, this seems to be a popular misconception in general. A hundred years ago that may have been the case, but as there are several million people in the world who currently speak the modern, revived version of it, [...]
Last week, millions of students in North America from Pre-K and up - including thousands of Hebrew students from beginners to advanced - went back to school. Where have (the older) students turned to to share their excitement, complaints and ask questions about Hebrew this year? Twitter.com.
Twitter is a free micro-blogging social networking site that [...]
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 [...]
Recently my friends and I decided to make ice cream. While making the ice cream we were discussing different desserts, directions and ingredients. Here are some of the terms in Hebrew that we discussed.
While my friends and I didn’t get a chance to capture our making ice cream on video, here is a very [...]
