a little revision: numbers 0 to 20

numbers 0-20

So today I'll just repeat the numbers up to twenty because so far we've only done them one by one:

the numbers below are in the feminine form which is also used for counting.  The masculine numbers will follow at a later date. 

When it comes to 1-10 the numbers in Hebrew have to agree with the noun they accompany. In theory 11-19 should do this too, but in normal everyday language, everybody uses the feminine form.

(I am using a lot of double 's' today to indicate the sharp pronunciation of the 's' but it's a debatable way of transcribing it of course)


0='efess

1=achat

2=shta'im

3=shalosh

4=arba'

5=chamesh

6=shesh

7=sheva'

8=shmone

9=tesha'

10='esser

11=achat 'essreh,

12=shtem 'essreh,

13=shlosh 'essreh,

14=arba' 'essreh,

15=chamesh 'essreh,

16=shesh 'essreh,

17=shva' 'essreh

18=shmone 'essreh

19=tsha' 'essreh

20='essrim


 

How modern Hebrew is evolving

this is Eilat by night and has nothing to do with today's post I just liked the picture


I just read this excellent article about the problems Hebrew is facing today.

http://www.worldandischool.com/subscribers/feature_detail.asp?num=25180

This article explains a lot about the history of the Hebrew language, about the formation of new words, about the difficulties native speakers have with reading and about current trends that may change the language quite considerably in the future.

One paragraph explains the problems of the writing system:

'To give the English reader an idea of the nature of the problem, try to make sense of the following sentence in which the vowels have been omitted and the prepositions attached to the following word.


 “thwnd nhs sl ws d tthbttr trp”


 Does this mean...?
a. The wind in his soul was due to the bitter trip.
b. The wound in his seal was due to the better trap.
c. The wand in his soil was due to the butter troop. '

looks a bit daunting, doesn't it?

Anyway if you're really interested in learning Modern Hebrew, as I am , take the time to read this article, it will give you a very differentiated insight into this amazing language.

lessons 59 and 60 I love you

lessons 59 and 60

 

 I love you

 

              

               and as you now know, there are four variations for this simple sentence in Hebrew:

 

אני אוהב אותך דוד         anee ohev otcha David             I love you David (man to man)

אני אוהב אותך חנה        anee ohev otach Channah        I love you Hannah (man to woman)

אני אוהבת אותך דוד      anee ohevet otcha David          I love you David (woman to man)

אני אוהבת אותך חנה     anee ohevet otach Channah      I love you Hannah (woman to woman)



 

 

אני גרתי בלונדון              anee garti beLondon             I lived in London

אתה גרת בפריז               ata garta beParis                   you lived in Paris (masc.)

את גרת בירושלים           at gart beJeroushalaim            you lived in Jerusalem (fem.)

הוא גר בניו יורק              hu gar beNew York               he lived in New York

היא גרה בסן פרנסיסקו   hee garah beSan Francisco    she lived in San Francisco

אותי                              oti                                           me (direct object)

אותך                             otcha                                       you (masc. direct object)

אותך                             otach                                       you (fem. direct object)

אותו                              oto                                           him (direct object)

אותה                            otah                                          her (direct object)

אני שמעתי אותך           anee shama'ti otcha                   I heard you (masc.)

אתה שמעת אותו          ata shama'ta oto?                        did you hear him?

את שמעת אותה           at shama't otah?                          did you hear her?

הוא שמע אותך             hu shama' otach                         he heard you (fem.)

היא שמעה אותי            hee sham'ah oti                          she heard me

 

 

 

and of course the memrise exercises

 

http://www.memrise.com/course/82286/modern-hebrew-for-beginners-3/

 

 

lessons 57 and 58

ugat pereg

עוגת פרג

אני אכלתי עוגת גבינה anee achalti ougat gvinah I ate cheese cake

אתה אכלת לחם וחמאה ata achalta lechem vechemah you ate bread and butter (masc.)

את אכלת עוגת פרג at achalt ougat pereg you ate poppy cake (fem.)

הוא אכל לחם וגבינה hu achal lechem vegvinah he ate bread and cheese

היא אכלה תפוח hee achlah tapuach she ate an apple

אני שתיתי מיץ תפוזים anee shatiti meetz tapouzeem I drank orange juice

אתה שתית חלב ata shatita chalav you drank milk (masc.)

את שתית בירה at shatit birah you drank beer (fem.)

הוא שתה מים hu shatah maim he drank water

היא שתתה תה hee shattah teh she drank tea

הוא שתה מים sefer katan a small book

ספרים קטנים sfarim ktanim small books

סרט גדול seret gadol a big film

סרטים גדולים sratim gdolim big films

תמונה קטנה tmounah ktanah a small picture

תמונות קטנות tmounot ktanot small pictures

עיר גדולה ir gdolah a big city

עירות גדולות irot gdolot big cities

and as always the memrise excercises

http://www.memrise.com/course/82286/modern-hebrew-for-beginners-3/

resources for learning Hebrew

  

 

 

just a few online resources I tend to use regularly:

 

My favorite keyboard for Hebrew is:

www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/hebrew.htm

 

 

My favorite conjugation site can be found at:

http://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il/

 

 

There's a great blog called Learn Hebrew, it teaches the letters beautifully and has great exercises and good explanations. I also really like their approach. It's just that the progression is far too steep for me but it is still a very good learning resource:

http://learnhebreweasily.blogspot.fr/2010/08/introduction.html

they are great for conjugation: 

http://learnhebreweasily.blogspot.fr/2010/02/grammar-verbs-table.html

 

 

I also like the Hebrew is easy website:  

http://www.davar3.net/files/other/ivrit_bkalut-en.pdf  

 

 

And I enjoy reading the Heblish lessons blog and I admire Yaron who put so much work into writing it. Todah rabah Yaron!

http://www.free-hebrew.com/

 

 

lessons 55 and 56 milim

lessons 55 and 56

  

 milim
 

 

 

 

 מלים

 

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some nouns undergo a little internal transformation in the plural. They loose their first vowel and or change their second one. This is actually quite frequent and it needs to be learned by heart which is actually a lot easier than it sounds because with a little repetition it all becomes second nature. 

sefer -  sfarim
davar - dvarim


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בית ספר                                  bait sefer                               school

אני למדתי עברית                      anee lamadti ivrit                  I learned Hebrew

אתה למדת אנגלית                    ata lamadta anglit                you learned English (masc.)

את למדת אנגלית בבית ספר     at lamadt anglit babeit sefer   you learned English at school (fem.)

הוא למד לטינית באוניברסיטה   hu lamad latinit                       he learned Latin

היא למדה לטינית בבית ספר     hee lamdah latinit bebeit sefer      she learned latin at school

מלה                                   milah                                               word

מלים                                  milim                                               words

דבר                                   davar                                                 thing

דברים                                 dvarim                                             things

שפה                                   safah                                                language

שפות                                  safot                                                 languages

אני אהבתי מלים חדשים        anee ahavti milim chadashim          I loved new words

אתה אהבת דברים                ata ahavta dvarim chadashim          you loved new things (masc.)

את אהבת שפות חדשות        at ahavt safot chadashot                   you loved new languages (fem.)

הוא אהב למוד שפה חדש      hu ahav lilmod safah chadashah      he loved to learn a new language

היא אהבה למוד שפות           hee ahavah lilmod safot                   she loved to learn languages

לומר                                     lomar                                                to say / to tell

הוא רצה לומר משהו                    hu ratzah lomar mashehu                he wanted to say something

אני רציתי לומר תודה                   anee ratyiti lomar todah                   I wanted to say thank you    
           

please go to memrise to practice

http://www.memrise.com/course/82286/modern-hebrew-for-beginners-3/

lessons 53 and 54 mechoniot

lessons 53 and 54

 

mechoniot

 

 

מכוניות

 

 

 

today we take a break from all the verbs and concentrate on nouns and adjectives and how they behave in the plural


Hebrew nouns can be masculine or feminine and even though this is not so obvious in the singular, it is very clear in the plural:

masculine nouns take the ending -im to form the plural
machshev - machshevim

feminine nouns take the ending -ot to form the plural
mechonit - mechoniot


adjectives do not only have to conform to their nouns in gender but also in number

talmid chacham - talmidim chachamim
talmidah chachamah - talmidot chachamot


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תלמידים טובים         talmidim tovim                good students (masc. plural)

 

תלמידות טובות         talmidot tovot                  good students (fem. plural)

חדש                       chadash                             new (masc. singular)

חדשים                    chadashim                         new (masc. plural)

חדשה                    chadashah                          new (fem. singular)

חדשות                   chadashot                           new (fem. plural)

מחשבים                 machshevim                      computers

מכוניות                   mechoniot                          cars

מחשבים חדשים      machshevim chadashim      new computers

מכוניות חדשות        mechoniot chadashot          new cars

חכמים                   chachamim                          intelligent (masc. plural)

ילד                       yeled                                     boy

ילדים                   yeladim                                  boys

ילדים חכמים         yeladim chachamim              intelligent boys

חכמות                  chachamot                             intelligent (fem. plural)

ילדה                    yaldah                                      girl

ילדות                   yeladot                                     girls

ילדות חכמות         yeladot chachamot                  intelligent girls


and don't forget to practice:

http://www.memrise.com/course/82286/modern-hebrew-for-beginners-3/