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Heblish – Hebrew lessons: Day 59
Refresher – lessons 9 to 12
Free Hebrew lessons – March 2011 – Training – Day 59
Hi,
In our previous lesson we learned that most of the time the suffix for plural words in the feminine is “ot” and in the masculine it is “im.” We will learn more about singular and plural during our lessons as you read many sentences and examples, but today we have to go back to lesson 9…
In lesson 50 I gave you our first lesson for 2011 which was our first refresher. We did a refresher for the first eight lessons and some of you told me that it was great. As I promised you to give more refreshers from time to time, here is our second refresher.
Today’s menu: Refresher for lessons 9 to 12
Attention: The underlined letters represent the accent.
In lesson 9 we learned how to say:
– I want – ani rotse (m), ani rotsa (f)
– I see – ani roe, (m), ani roa (f) and
– I understand – ani mevin (m), ani mevina (f).
Lesson 10 was an important lesson, where we learned how to say “yes” (ken) and “no” (lo).
We also learned that “there is no” and “there are no” are both expressed with one short word – ein.
I’m sure you remember that “thanks” or “thank you” is “toda” in Hebrew, and I want to remind you that for “thanks a lot” you should say “toda raba.“
In that lesson we also learned that “excuse me” is “sli^a,” for example:
– Excuse me, what is the time please – sli^a, ma ha’shaa be’vakasha?
But the most important thing we learned in lesson 10 was to ask “how much” 😉
Examples:
– How much is the bracelet? – Kama ole ha’tsamid?
– Excuse me, how much is the fish? – Sli^a, kama ole ha’dag?
– How much is the dress? – Kama ola ha’simla?
Kama ole for masculine and kama ola for feminine.
In lesson 9 and in lesson 11 we learned how to count from e^ad to shneim-asar (from 1 to 12) in masculine and feminine.
After learning and reading the Hebrew numbers one through twelve, I gave you an example for the six new words we learned in the following section:
“You can just imagine what we are going to do next week regarding “the bracelet and the ring” (ha’tsamid ve’ha’tabaat), the color of your “dress” (simla), and what are you going to do with a “bottle” (bakbuk) of wine, sweet “cake” (uga) and a “goooood book” (sefer tov)…”
Lesson 12 will finish our current refresher with the table below:
| Feminine objects | Feminine objects | Masculine objects | Masculine objects |
| One ring | Tabaat a^at | One bracelet | Tsamid e^ad |
| Two rings | Shtei tabaot | Two bracelets | Shnei tsmidim |
| Three rings | Shalosh tabaot | Three bracelets | Shlosha tsmidim |
| Four rings | Arba tabaot | Four bracelets | Arbaa tsmidim |
| Five cakes | ^amesh ugot | Five bottles | ^amisha bakbukim |
| Six cakes | Shesh ugot | Six bottles | Shisha bakbukim |
| Seven cakes | Sheva ugot | Seven bottles | Shivaa bakbukim |
| Eight cakes | Shmone ugot | Eight bottles | Shmona bakbukim |
| Nine dresses | Tesha smalot | Nine books | Tishaa sfarim |
| Ten dresses | Eser smalot | Ten books | Asara sfarim |
| Eleven dresses | A^at-esre smalot | Eleven books | A^ad-asar sfarim |
| Twelve dresses | Shteim-esre smalot | Twelve books | Shneim-asar sfarim |
This table is an excellent opportunity for you to see what we learned in our last lesson, lesson 58, when I taught you that most of the time the suffix for plural words in the feminine is “ot,” and “im” in the masculine.
Lehitraot in lesson 60…
Wow 60!?!
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Heblish – Hebrew lessons: Day 58
Singular and plural
Free Hebrew lessons – March 2011 – Training – Day 58
Shalom lekulam, (Hi everyone,)
In our previous lesson we learned how to use the word “say” in past simple tense. Since in Hebrew there is only one form for the past tense, you now know how to use this word in the past tense.
The translation for “say” and “to say” to Hebrew is not easy, but very important.
We will learn it during our lessons as you read many sentences and examples, until finally you catch it. Anyway, one of the tenses (the past simple) is behind us and it wasn’t difficult.
Today (hayom), we will have fun.
Today’s menu: Singular and plural
Attention: The underlined letters represent the accent.
In Hebrew, the suffix for plural usually tells us the gender of the word. Usually, but not always… 😉
We already learned some plural words, but hayom (today) plural words will be the main subject for our lesson.
Most of the suffixes for plural words in masculine will be “im” – sounds like “eem.”
Most of the suffixes for plural words in feminine will be “ot.”
Below, you can see a funny video, where the mother gives her child, who is 3 years old, a word in singular form and the child is trying to guess the plural form…
Of course there are many mistakes and you don’t really have to listen to all of the video, but it is funny, and you can also hear some of the Hebrew accent…
1) At 33 seconds into the video, Nufar, the mother, says “one life,” how do you say “a lot of lives?” – and Osher, the little boy, answers “^aim.” Actually, he said it correctly, since there is no plural for “life” (^aim), but his mom just wants to document his mistakes and is not really trying to teach him this time… so she almost forced him to make a mistake… 😉
2) At 41 seconds into the video, the mother asks “one picture, a lot of?…” (when she actually wanted to ask: how do you say “a lot of pictures?”) – “tmuna a^at, harbe?…” and Osher answers “tmunot” which is correct.
Next… “one watch,” – “shaon e^ad,” how do you say “a lot of watches?” and his answer is correct again “sheonim“. The next question is “one dolly, which is “buba” – and his answer is also correct – “bubot.”
Now you can click below and watch the video:
Singular and plural form on YouTube by Osher and Nufar.
| English | Hebrew – singular | Hebrew – plural | Suffix |
| Words from the video | |||
| Life | ^aim (m) | ^aim | — |
| Picture | Tmuna (f) | Tmunot | Ot |
| Dolly | Buba (f) | Bubot | Ot |
| Words you should know | |||
| Book | Sefer (m) | Sfarim | Im – sounds like “eem” |
| Bottle | Bakbuk (m) | Bakbukim | Im |
| Bracelet | Tsamid (m) | Tsmidim | Im |
| Dress | Simla (f) | Smalot | Ot |
| Cake | Uga (f) | Ugot | Ot |
| Ring | Tabaat (f) | Tabaot | Ot |
| Some new words | |||
| Pen | Et (m) | Etim | Im |
| Orange (the fruit) | Tapuz (m) | Tapuzim | Im |
| Dog | Kelev (m) | Klavim | Im |
| Boy | Yeled (m) | Yeladim | Im |
| Envelope | Maatafa (ma-a-ta-fa) | Maatafot | Ot |
| Sofa | Sapa (f) | Sapot | Ot |
| Lioness | Levia (f) | Leviot | Ot |
| Girl | Yalda (f) | Yeladot | Ot |
I hope you enjoyed this week’s lesson. I thought the video was very charming, however, I might be a little prejudiced. The little boy is my great nephew, my sister’s grandson. It’s a great picture of how we learn to speak Hebrew here, but since we can’t all learn this way… hello, Free-Hebrew.com! 😉
Lehitraot in lesson 59…
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Heblish – Hebrew lessons: Day 57
Practice Hebrew
Free Hebrew lessons – February 2011 – Training – Day 57
Shalom,
Shalom? I don’t really see any peace or peaceful life around our little country. Everyone against everyone, and the end doesn’t seem very close…
Anyway, between all that mess, and although the world seems to be falling apart, there is a little island of us who want to learn Hebrew …
In our previous lesson we learned the first, second and third person in masculine form of the word “say,” and we also learned how to say “a lot of, people, chocolate, week, end” and “weekend.”
Today, we will continue with the important word “say.”
Today’s menu: To say
Attention: The underlined letters represent the accent.
Say
For “to say” [please sit… 😉 ] we say – lehagid (le-ha-gid), but all the other forms of this word in past simple include the root a.m.r., as we learned before.
| English | Heblish |
| I said (m) + (f) | amarti (a-mar-ti) |
| You said (m) | Amarta (a-mar-ta) |
| You said (f) | Amart (a-mart) |
| He said | Amar (a-mar) |
| She said | Amra (am-ra) |
| We said (m) + (f) | Amarnu (a-mar-nu) |
| You said (m) | Amartem (a-mar-tem) |
| You said (f) | Amarten (a-mar-ten) |
| They said (m) + (f) | Amru (am-ru) |
*) I don’t always teach you “proper” (complex) Hebrew (like a college professor would), but I always teach you the right way to speak Hebrew like an Israeli… words and phrases that any Israeli will understand. This includes the way we accent certain words. For instance, in perfect “college” Hebrew the accent on the word “amarten” would look like this: (a-mar-ten), but it is commonly pronounced (a-mar-ten), with the accent on the middle syllable.
I said
– I said I want a cake – Amarti she’ani rotse uga (man speaking).
– I said I want a ring – Amarti she’ani rotsa tabaat (woman speaking).
You said
– You said you will not come – Amarta she’lo tavo (speaking to a man).
– You said you will not come – Amart she’lo tavoi (speaking to a woman).
He said
– He said he loves you – Hu amar she’hu ohev ota^. (man loves woman)
She said
– She said she loves you – Hi amra she’hi ohevet ot^a. (woman loves man)
We said
– We said it is beautiful – Amarnu she’ze yafe.
You said
– You said you will come – Amartem she’tavou (plural).
They said
– They said goodnight – Hem amru laila tov. (m)
– They said goodnight – Hen amru laila tov. (f)
Isn’t it wonderful to look back and see how much we’ve learned together?! I hope you are all enjoying studying Hebrew as much as I’m enjoying teaching it. Ok… I might be prejudiced (wink), but I feel like Hebrew is the most beautiful language an ear as ever heard and a tongue has ever uttered.
Come on, who can argue with that? 😉
Lehitraot in lesson 58…
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