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Welcome to the exercises related to Aleph-Bet Lesson 2 of learning Hebrew.
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The Letters & Niqqud
Assign each letter to the sound it stands for.
Note: In this font Tsere looks like Pataħ, only slightly longer. Sorry for the inconvenience.
בֵ
הְ
ן
הַ
הָ
נָ
בַ
Ve
H
N
Ha
Ha
Na
Va
Assign each sound to the letter that makes it:
Na
He
V
Va
N
Ne
נַ/נָ
הֵ
בְ
בַ/בָ
נְ
נֵ
Vocabulary
How is each word pronounced?
אַבָּא Aba
בַּת Bat
אָב Av
תָּא Ta
אַתְּ At
בֵּן Ben
אַתָּה Atah
בָּנָנָה Banana
Translate the following words from Hebrew to English:
אָב Father
בָּנָנָה Banana
אַתָּה You (m sing.)
בֵּן Son, boy
אַתְּ You (f sing.)
אַבָּא Dad
בַּת Daughter, girl
תָּא Cell, cab (truck), cabin, locker, cubicle, group (people)
Translate the following words from English to Hebrew:
Dad אַבָּא
You (m sing.) אַתָּה
Girl בַּת
Cell תָּא
Banana בָּנָנָה
Boy בֵּן
Father אָב
You (f sing.) אַתְּ
Definite He
Translate the following words from Hebrew to English:
הַבַּת The daughter, the girl
אָב A father
בֵּן A son, a boy
הַבָּנָנָה The banana
תָּא A cell, a cab (truck), a cabin, a locker, a cubicle, a group (people)
הַבֵּן The son, the boy
Translate the following words from English to Hebrew:
The cell הַתָּא
A girl בַּת
The father הָאָב
The boy הַבֵּן
A banana בָּנָנָה
Reading Without Vowels
Already?!
Yes, we need to start sometime. All texts written in Hebrew, except for dictionaries, children's books, learner's books and other linguistic material are written without vowels. You will have to recognize and know how to pronounce a word just by looking at it. Don't be afraid, though, you'll be surprised to find out it is pretty easy.
Read aloud the following words:
אבא
בת
אתה
בננה
אב
את
תא
בן Aba
Bat
Atah
Banana
Av
At
Ta
Ben
See? It wasn't that hard.
Next steps
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