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© 1 The Hebrew letters

AAs in the English language, the names of the Hebrew letters are

related rotheit vocal expressions Most ofthe lettershave parallels

in English, which appear in the following table Where there is

‘no exact vocal parallel this is indicated with [ J, and you should

listen to the recording in order to learn the correct pronunciation,

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All Hebrew letters function as consonants, while some of them also function as vowels, being silent letters within the word

‘These four Hebrew letters function as vowels:

4:'Aleph’; 5:'Hey: 6:"Vav'; 10:/Vod

‘As these vowels cannot lead on their own to a proper reading

of the words, the Hebrew tradition has created an additional system of vowelling (or pointing) which is signed under, within and above the letters inthe form of lines and dots The following

table shows these signs:

‘sound of vowel | transliterated as

‘The serial mumbers in the left-hand column are used in the next

‘wo units to help you find your way back to the information in

the table

Hataf patach [ — w Hataf segol | w E (asin hen) ‘A (as in bark)

‘You will notice that the same sounds are sometimes represented

by different marks, The reasons for this have to do with

‘grammar, and need not concern you at this stage,

Hebrew is not normally vowelled, as Hebrew-speaking readers can get along without it Partial vowelling is used from time to time In this book all Hebrew words are vowelled when they are introduced in order to help you to recognize the vowels and pronounce the words

2 Three Hebrew letters have two pronunciations:

asoundslike V sounds like B sounds like PH sounds like P

sounds ike SH soundslikeS,

WB s tance Hebrew kters have been given modern versions:

“has the pronunciation of CH [as in chocolate]

‘yhhas the pronunciation of G [asin giraffe]

‘x has the pronunciation of J or ISIO [as in journal or television}

4 Five Hebrew letters have a special shape when placed at the

end of a word, as indicated in the table above; this is called their ‘final’ form

3 Reading and writing Hebrew

As you probably know, Hebrew, like all Semitic languages,

is written from right to left There is only one set of letters in

‘Hebrew, so 3 stands for both lower-case English ‘B’ and ‘b’

‘The letters ofthe Hebrew alphabet may also be used as numbers

The first ten letters in the alphabet stand for the numbers 1 to 10: x (aleph) = 1, 3 (bet) = 2 ete and

> (yod) = 10 You will see these letters used throughout the book to number some of the

questions in the exercises

@ 4 Words you already know

Do you know that you are already familiar with many Hebrew

words? Here are some of them Notice that some of these words

have a different pronunciation in Hebrew, as indicated by the

transliteration in brackets,

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in script + three vowels

* reading and writing words you already know

‘Kamatz’ and ‘Patah’ (You do not need to memorize their names.) Although they differ in shape their pronunciation is similar

Peh with these vowels will sound as follows:

Pa (like the a in party)=9 pha (like in pharmacy) =9 9

© Write the letter 9 9 with the two similar vowels: 9 9 a few times, from right to left

‘Kof' with this vowel will sound as follows:

Ke (like the e in Kevin) = 2

‘Write the letter @ with the vowel segol afew times, from right tolef

PPP 4.5 The 20th Hebrew leter is “Resh" (+

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‘© Write the letter 7a few times

229 4.5.1 Now, write the word ‘park’ in Hebrew (Congratulations! You have just written your first Hebrew word

‘= Fill in the Hebrew leter:

© Write the letter 9a few times, in script from right to left

yas '* Now, read the wor

(© Write pxa in seripe —

‘As seen in the table, the letter ‘Nun’ has a special final form:

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‘Write the final form of the letter ‘Nun’ several times, in script

from right to left

111 4.8 The Sth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is ‘Hey’ (n=

Script Print

‘+ Write the leter a few times, in script from right to left

ee

‘The letter ‘Hey’ can be used as a consonant but can also be

placed at the end of a word as silent letter

For example: coffee (ka-feh) = no

Write nap in seripe;

“The next three consonants function in two modes ~ as consonants

and as silent letters (like “Hey’)

4.40 The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet is “Yod":

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# Write the letter » several times, in script, from right to left,

‘The letter *Yod? can be used as a consonant

For example: beautiful = (ya-feh) nop Asa silent letter it stands for the vowels EE (as in bee) of I (as

in ring)

For example: beer = (bee-rah) m9»

4.41 At this point you will be introduced to one more vowel, which is Chirk

(Chirik is put under the consonant prior to Yod:

For example: beer = (bee-rah) mp 40.42 The 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet is 'Vay" (t = v)

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‘The letter “Vav" can be used as a consonant

For example: virus = (vee-rus) FP) Asasilent letter it stands for the vowels U (as in sure) or OO (as

in moon), and O (as in Volvo)

For example: virus = (vee-rus) 019%) Atthis point you will be introduced to two more vowels: Shuruk and Cholam

‘Shuruk is placed in the Vay:

For example: virus = (vee-rus) 0

“Cholam is put above the Vay

For example: Volvo = (vol-vo) 4.44 The Ist letter of the Hebrew alphabet is ‘Aleph’ [x= A]

Script Print

* x + Write the letter » a few times, from right to left

kkk The letter ‘Aleph’ can be used as a consonant: it is not

pronounced, but it carries the vowel

For example: Africa = (af-i-kah) ngne

Asa silent letter it can be placed at the end of a word (like ‘Hey")

or in the middle of a word

For example: park = (park) px,

‘You probably remember that you learned that the word 'p)," is

een without x: You are right It can be writen in both ways,

‘We won't explain this now; but in this book you will sce both

Script Print

© Write the letter v a few times

666 2.3 The next vowel which you are about to learn is ‘Shva’

‘Tet’ with this vowel will sound as follows:

Te (as in tertfic) = 2.4 The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet is Tav’ (n = T)

2.7 The 13th Hebrew letter is 'Mem" (o = M)

« BilLin the Hebrew letter:

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eee 2.14 The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet is “Ayin’ (» = a)

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#štw 2.42 The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet is "Tsadi" (x = TS)

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‘© Write the letter ¥ a few times,

333 [As scen in the alphabet table, this letter has a special final form:

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nnn 2.44 The 1th letter of the Hebrew alphabet is ‘Kaf’ (= K) (s=CH)

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9//0/12 2.46 There are three more vowels in Hebrew, which parallel three of those we have already learnt

Test yourself 2.18 Read the following short text in English, and fill in the Hebrew words from the list below:

We were in + ina restaurant, We had and with a glass of ——— ALthø end of our meal we ordered a cup of

‘and paid + “Then we went to the 200, and said hello’

{o the A the ond of the day we went to the concert hal, to liston to a This was a piace of fora

TQ ,09/Y ,nplom ,0wop „19p /0390 /1VA ,2M3N AVL NTT 2.19 For practice, fill in the table with the Hebrew words you already know, divided into subjects Use the ist of words at the

‘beginning ofthis book to help you English names can be written

in Hebrew as they are pronounced

* ask people how they are and

‘say how you are

* say where you are trom

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ig people

You will hear some people greeting each other

3.1.1 Listen to each greeting a few times, and repeat it after the speaker

“Hollo (used as greeting (shalom) of, throughout the day)

Good moming (boker tov) alo 371 Good evening {orev tov) 210 299 Good night (layla tov) 310

a At the beginning make sure you read the words aloud

b Ifyou have the recording, listen carefully and repeat what you hear

© Cover up the English meaning of the words and see how many you can remember

d Listen again and think of what the words mean as you hear them

© Cover up the Hebrew words and see if you can remember them

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a You meet your friend in the street Say hello to him

b You arrive at your workplace at 9.00 a.m Greet the receptionist

€ Its 2.00 p.m and you go into a shop to buy a pair of shoes

Greet the salesman

d I's 8.00 p.m and you go into a restaurant Greet the waiter before placing your order

€ Say good night before you go to sleep

Grammar

1 Every verb, noun and adjective has a masculine and a feminine form The adjective follows the form of the noun, You have

16 earned already to say ‘good morning’ (ay >p13) The word for ‘morning’ (vP12) is masculine, so is its adjective ‘good! (a¥0)

As you progress, you will become more familiar with the rules, and you will see itis not that difficult With new nouns you will find (m) ~masculine, or (f)~ feminine, if this is helpful,

2 Nouns and verbs are either in the singular or in the plural form This will be indicated by (s) ~ singular, or (p) ~ plural

8:¿ Asking someone's name and Saying your name

3.2.4 Sara meets Dan, and Mr Golan meets Ms Tavor

Look at the pictures of Sara and Dan, and pay attention to the difference between masculine and feminine forms in the words they speak

2am mm 4-1 aK ?anK om srw aX (ani dan, ini at?) (ani sara, mi atah?) Listen to each exchange several times, paying attention to how People ask someone's name and how they reply At this stage You will actually learn to ask: ‘Who are you)", which is easier Later on you will learn the expression ‘What is your name?" in Hebrew

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‘Sara: Helo, who are you? 2anKn ow saw

(Sara: shalom, miata?)

2m 1K 1 (Ban: ani Dan, mi at?) Dan: | am Dan, who are you?

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pan mn aK aN nD (maraLTavor:ani maral Tavor) Read the following dialogues a few times until you feel confident wich chem, then play each of the pars, wing your own name where appropriate

(ml atah?) 2nnx tp

Who are you? (tis) (Mi ew,

‘Who are you? (mip) (mi atom?) 0px

‘Who are you? (tip) (ml sten?) ?ipx m

(mar) (marat) nạn

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* You may address a person as ‘Mr’ or ‘Ms’ or address them on

a first name basis

*® In Hebrew there is no difference between Mrs and Miss '* Remember the abbreviations in this book:

(m) = masculine () = feminine, (s)» singular, (p) = plural

3.3 Hello Mr and Mrs Green, hello Mr

Cohen

David and Ruth Green are going to spend their holiday in Israel

‘At Ben-Gurion airport they meet their guide, Shalom Cohen

B 3.3.41 Listen to the recording, focusing each time on one

element: masculine, feminine, singular or plural

Mr Cohen: Hollo, lam Mr Cohen, 7 ap

who are you? (plural)

(mar Kohen: shalom, ani mar

Kohen, mi atom?) p28 9x fry 32D (mar Green: shalom, ani mar

Green.) yam oe ma mn (marat Green: ani marat Green.)

rx 09 20 (mar Kohon: nạm me'od.)

Mr Groen: Hello, lam Mr Green

Ms Green: | am Mrs Green

‘Mr Cohen: Pleased to meat you!

3.3.2 Read the words and expressions aloud, Concentrate on

the pronunciation,

3.3.3 Cover the English translation and see how much you

remember Listen again and think of what the words mean as

you hear them

BW 4.3.4 isten 0 the recording:

Shalom Cohen: Holo, lam Jaoð9,0ðw,obơ;inopfo

‘Shalom, Shalom Cohen, (Shalom Kohen: shalom, ant

‘Shalom, Shalom Kohen.) Ruth Green: | am Ruth, In ANA

Ruth Green, (Rut Groon: ani Rut, Rut Green.)

David Green: | am David, ANU PHT NIT

‘David Green, (David Green: ani David, David

Green.)

+ asaname

‘+ asa word, meaning ‘peace’

* to say 'Hello' and *Goodbye"

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‘a Ata party you meet an Israeli Ask hisfher name, and say your fume, Complete the sentences with words from the dialogue above:

(Singular (im) — — |PMweifm)

1 (am) 'g (anl) (Im) ‘We (are) ng (anahnu) (fm)

You (are) am (atom) (m) You (are) rm (aten) (f)

You (am) am (etah)(m) You (ore) n (8)(9

.He () xa (ho) (m) They (re) en (hem) (m)

“She (8) xe (he®) () They (are) 19 (hen) (f)

3.3.6 Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:

pra (38 / a / MON) ama mp (On / MU nh) Jno (yn n/ ion)

@ 3.4 Saying ‘How are you?’

How are you? (n/p) (mah shlomchem?) 2agptiy Ap

David and Ruth meet Shalom, their tour guide, every morning

‘They greet each other and ask, “How are you?” 7 7

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‘Shalom Cohen: Hello, how are “200 an ,nl9 :ƑAD fre

you? (Shalom Cohen: shalom, mah

‘shiomchem?)

310 mn manny (Ruth Green: todah, tov.) David Green: | am very wel, rmx 1 rien 200 mae a FY

‘And you? (David Green: shiomi tov meod,

shlomi tov meod.}

How aro you? (rns)

‘How are you? (tis)

‘How are you? (emp)

(mah shiomcha?) 730% np (mah shlomech?) 730179 an (mah shlomchem?) ?o20hy ap How are you? (up) (mah shiomchen?) 20% ap Fine, thank you (toy, todah,) asin to

a You meet your Israeli friend; ask her how she is

'b You see your Israeli friends Ron and Bill Ask them how they are

© Ask your girlfriends how they are

You ring your friend Bob Ask him in Hebrew how he is

Tp

In the case of a mixed group of men and women, what is the rule? You use the masculine form For example: ina group of 99

‘women and only one man, the masculine form prevails

B a4 You are asked how you are Practise saying in

Hebrew:

a Tam wel, thank you

b Thank you, Iam very well

€ Tam well, how are you (m/s)?

Lam well, how are you (f5)?

3.5 Where are you from?

(me'eifo atah?) ?nnx n9'xn

David and Ruth leave the airport in a taxi

WB 2.5.1 Listen to their conversation with the taxi driver several times and try answering these questions:

a What was the driver's first question?

b Where do the Greens come from?

€ Can you guess what the Hebrew word ‘7o" means? (Try to _work it out yourself fist before checking the vocabulary.)

4 What are the Greens doing in Isael?

(me'eifo atem?) 2anx no'xn

‘agraxn nx 2070 2m (nehag tax: stem me amerkah?)

-ap km kế 21a n {mar green, ome amerikah.)

‘Parag zoo am (hehag tax: me kanadah?) smn (anpn na nọn (maral greon: lo me kanaóah, mo anglah))

Where are you from?

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Arews orn anx “070.391 (nehag taxi: atem tayarim be israel?)

#wOM3 02 ph j2 /1à nhìn (marat green: ken, anahnu tayarlm be israel)

(lagur be ) 9 907

(be )

(me ) .n (elfo) aoe

(m) (kanadl) “ng

(kanadah) ng {tayarim) o-yn (m) (nehag) sa;

Grammar

'Verbs in the present tense

Here is the verb 3 >> (lagur be) ‘to live in’ in the present tense,

In English if we say ‘live m he ives n or we are living in ”

we are using the present tense Here is the present tense

in Hebrew, The 9 in n9 (lagur be) in Hebrew is like the English ‘to’ in ‘to live in’ To create the present tense, the is taken away,

which eaves us withthe root am and the endings are added 0

match the pronouns in number (singular or plural ler

(masculine or feminine), Soe cee

Present tense of the verb 3-9 (lagur be) ‘to live in’:

vere personal | (verbs personal

pronoun ‘pronoun

‘singular plural mal on "ngan, nụ (garsh)/ (ga) (an) (garoLJ gaữm) —_ (enahnu)

sve in we ive in (gan) {atah) (garim) {atem) _you (m) We in yeu (m)Iwein

mạ nx mn mạ (ganh) (at) (garot) (aten) _you (ive you (vein

he ives in they (five in

she fives in they (te in

[As you see, the verb “wv in the present tense has four endings:

‘masculine? feminine! ‘masculine! feminine!

‘There are exceptions!

WB 5.3 Listen to the recording and answer the questions:

a] 2 Where does Bob live?

Where does Sara live?

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3.6 Do you speak Hebrew?

(atah medaber ivrit?) ?n-ay yam anx

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‘4 Does David speak Hebrew?

Does Shalom speak English?

Do you speak Hebrew?

(atah medaber ivrit?) 2n¬au +aTn nmx

?nay 3m ADK ¿Tm:oÐ (Shalom: David, tah medaber ht?)

nna xạTp ni NaI RAY MAT NEN (Ruth: ani medaberet itt ve angit Alah medaber angi?)

‘The present tense of the verb 797% (ledaber) to speak

Look back at the grammar in Section 3.5 to remind yourself bout the present tense

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ony mm Mme am om om none)

3.6.4 How many of the countries listed below can you recognize?

28) Match each county withthe corresponding avons ad

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+ how to look at a map in Hebrew

‘+ how to plan your trip

2Ì fẦ Mini-srael

‘The Mini-Israel Parkis designed in the form ofa Star of David, marked

in the park with a wide reddish path The park is divided into sections ‘according to geography and subject, so that each section contains the

‘ppropriate sites, representing that geographical area or theme

‘The park tells an amazing story, part of along history, rom 200 BCE to the present recreates the complex of stories that i Irae! throughout the generations,

4.1 Numbers (misparim) n¬oon

WD ot Liter tote ster ost ten, once in the

‘masculine form, and once in the feminine form,

WB 4.241 You witt hear the days ofthe week on the recording

Can you guess what the word ‘ow’ means?

(hashavua) yrawa

‘Sundey (yom rishon) tax ol x Monday (yom sheni) ww ola Thosdey {yor shlishi) wry ov a Wednesday (yom review) 39 oi Tharadey’ (yom hamishi) 0 oi a Friday (yom shishi) we ots

4.2.2 The names of the weekdays indicate the order of days

For example: Sunday = wow av = first day

eched achat sanh | sheh ‘omplete the table:

ch #m | shuym | shavan nung oe me shova sung imine Te ng ree

Petre

stioshah | shalos | shmmeh | sameneh = =a

awa vaục wen yen

= : arba'ah arba fish’ah

in the crossword in Hebrew ~ days of the week, without in Israel

4.24 Fill the word in days of the week, « | 4.3 Atripin (tui belisrasfi'oowswo

DAROM

an 'SOUTH

‘The Greens are at the *Mini-lrael site They meet there with their guide Shalom, to plan their trip,

MA'ARAV MIZRACH

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?rwaw nơữ0 son on sp

(Shalom: atom metaylim shloahah shavuo2)

,TNID n3YA nữ p9 tin JD =m (Ruth: ken, veanahnu rotzim trot hartbeh mekomot)

-13nnn nmipn nay nvn aK = (David: ani rotzeh trot mokomot mehatanach )

„8'2YMIn nHIÿP ài “Ÿ3nan ninlgp nà AEM OX ;nry (Ruth: ani rotzah Irot mekomot 'Yôgam mokemot

modemiyim,) ,JNBIÿD ñ3V) ĐIKTð ĐTD* DnK mAU n0f52 ‘Ore (Shalom: beshioshah shavuot atem yecholim lot harbeh mekomot)

oma Anim MC AE AMM OK EFT (Davie: ani rotzeh lrt et hamekomot bamapah ) Bann mm ane maT Ange JM nox — loa nu :ofsg 7K stan ,nữnn œ'~ antTa ,o vn (Shaom: bevakashah, beizafon ~ tzgfet, nazaret, Ivo-yah, dganiah, ‘keysariyan, bamerkaz —teLavv,yerushalaeem, badarom: yam

hametach, matsadah, ella.)

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oan nmgp Tu tr (Davis: yesh od mokomot meanyanir?)

-IBT JK ,NBIDD Ty wr ror (Shalom: yesh od mekomot, ein zman,) may have noticed in the transliteration that some well- Han Israel are spelt differently in Hebrew from the English version you are used to, nas (tzfat) is known as Safed in English; ‘av (tver-yah) is familiar to us as Tiberias,

4.3.2 Listen to the dialogue again and answer the questions:

1 How many weeks will the Greens spend in Israel?

2 In which places is David interested?

3 What is Ruth interested in?

4 Are they going to sce all the interesting places?

(letayel) xợy (iret) nlyyy (otha) 9.0.0.4 (m) (makom) plpp (mekomot) ninlz

(zman) jor (moanyen) rv (harbeh) nyạn (me'at) ovp (mapah) nạp (shavua) ya, (tanach) n (modeml) \yyIa (bevakashah) nựợa,

(tzafon) joy (darom) nixy (mizrach) mr (maarav) s;yp (merkaz) ryyp

(be),

sculinelsingular

BD show you say itin Hebrew sna Baw To (oeh) nạ (motaye)) on

(kach omrim be'ivrit) feminine/singular St

You see the map -Aoni 7h nNn nn 1 you, shê xa 2M, Xa ,nN OM

(ota ooh et hamepan) „ Gai ma | mdmaginEm | =

| see an interesting place in arael cea pve ola ane sự Tmasculine/plural nan

(eri rosh makom meanyen bếp Na) We, you, they | 0n,onx,nmw | pn,oni (oim)øwa — | (melayimjetson

‘There are many interesting 3NT013 n9w9n ninlpn ANA w femininelplural

places in Israel, (yesh sen econ Wee aey (Ga) mien —_ | (nelsyiel nôrsn

‘We are on a ri for a waek -D 04900 tim Tp

(anachnu metaylim shaw : a The verb ‘mee (to see) is usually used ata na maa 74

Bp with "me? (che)

“The’ in Hebrew

The verb '2w9b" (to go on a trip) is usually #w3W°a 9p saw,

so má refersto a definite known object, like ‘the map": moa nse apn sm — You see the map xn on its own refers to a known objector individual: mẹ mọ% nữ — You sce Dan, non its own

‘means ‘the’ Don’t worry that there are three differently vowelled forms ~ they all sound the same

used with '3° (in),

Most Hebrew verbs have threc root-etters, e,g 396,337,545 g2 239 (to see) PK BEL ryt

Bie, Tse thre consonants persist through amos ll ors of DNA (10 see) Am 3 the verb, but you may add a suffix or prefix, in past and future

tenses, as you will learn later, Consonants and vowels are added

-prewwra (to go on a trip) TH #

tothe root of the verb to form the different endings, as you have dew (20>) —— 1M + already seen in the present tense As you progress in your studies

of the Hebrew language, you will realize that the root letere - Peeve nae (re)

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4, you, he in sank oe an ann 0

can (yachol) "2: _| wants) (ratzeh) ayn singulariferinine

1, you, she yen nx on enn sax

an (yecholah) nho: Ì wanf() (otzah) nxn, puralmaseulne

we, you, they fn one onan ‘on ,onx anak

an (yecholim) 0% |_ want (rotzim) ayn, pluralfeminine

we, you, they 1A rx ox FF mx nx

an (yecholat) nino: | want (reo) mm

Tip:

‘The verb ‘2 (can) is used with the prefix "9%,

‘The verb ‘nay’ (want) is used either with ‘nx’ (the), oF with the prefix '5"

So bio sạn -7tĐD 7N nSY Ni N33 mv ns NIA

4.3.4 Complete the sentences in Hebrew:

v9 2307 onan x

.TPtN on yụt (m5) —_ 9N a

D> (So) ton a -WVP DipP mì (m5) —— NI +

4.3.5 Translate into English

ove ows nn mrp med aM on nN AY OOP oO

“BI 0p ,BDn AW nk len! ot

wes

4.4 Places (mekomot) nmin

GB 4.421 shatom gives the Greens some information about Israel, Listen to the dialogue and complete the sentences Look

at the new words in the vocabulary below

srowa ws srw ye ®

Israel is a small country 30p YW news

(israel eretz ktanah) a0p yx new" ịn aFrw {Shalom Cohen: Israel eretzklanah.)

?enn tt (David: yesh hari?)

¬ (Shalom: ken, yesh harm.)

(Ruth: yesh yam?)

ru! 0D N8 (Shalom: ken, yesh yam.)

Dam weer (Davia: yesh midbar?)

jm nana px am wp Be (Shalom: ken, yesh midbar, ve ein harbch mayim.)

{In this unit you will earn how to

* count to 100

* tell the time in Hobrow

‘ask what the time is

‘+ make an appointment

‘about opening hours

‘The Church of St Gabriel and Mary's Well - This Greek Orthodox 90 Visitor

aaa te most ancient in Nazareth iis built on Crusader 17 () rv swe

® foundations, and within it flows a spring that was Nazareth’s molor Water source and, according to Greek Orthodox traction, the place tim) ¬ww 1n

0y mnng

pc Annunciaion, The spring flows underground to nearby Mary's 1ð 0) ea

Wel

5.1 Numbers (misparim) n¬oon

a 5.1.4 Numbers 20 to 30, and the tens, from 10 to 100

“nko nnM pnuy “ww ser ()

(asm AT | mwwnng | sungw | qwwww [a6 _| eam [ew sowed | gave | meets B59 se

‘enw onwy achad asar_| 09939 | mevone | revaaw | muywap achatesren_| shishah asar | shesh esrch esd ushnayin | _esvim ushiaym ari Sa wien oy

ù

— shleim ssron | stiahasar_| sha exh Geativasioanets’ | daàntenasd

shloshim qwynơhơ | nwwwve | wy mame | mwyaung 5 ant B0y

saw

hloshah asar | shlosh esreh_| shmonah asar | shmone earch h3 obnh | coments

arbaim awa | mWwyw | swwawen | mwuwwn —= —

— 2vbaah asar | arbaesroh | tishah asar_| %wnơmn | mwwvm |— mwy tsha esroh ony ‘stim vachamishah | escim vachamesh | _ chamishim an

wor onwy oy

chamishah | chamesh esim stim

Knveelioiah | esi veshesh shishim

ae

_ stim veshishat maui ows ssrim veshivah

8 : (m), 11 (), 13 (), 18 (m), 12 (m), —_ mmuipnwy_

20 (f, 20 (m

stim ushmonah 5.1.3 Join the number and the word: nươn p0

yum onwy oun stim vetishah | _esrim votosha tishim

—— shioshim mang nung ann

shloshim meah

icult to memorize Never mind!

this stage do not worry about the doun

sự samgm

@>

5.2 What's the time?

(mah hasha’ah?) ?aywa an

8- dialogues What is the time in each of them?

(9 (sha'ah) ay, What isthe time? clock, wate (ma hasha'ah?) 2ayya np

(m) (shaon) jw, (f) (đakah) ngy () (eman) oy hat

(chetzi) x9 quarter

Sony, don't know (n)

‘Gory, | don't know (0

| don't have a watch (fm)

5.2.2 Ask and answer in Hebrew:

(meuhar) x00 (lehitztaer) won (leaher) 107 (edayek) 77 emaher) ng

aw KỸ 9K ,2V0Yn "ae (oni mitztaer an lo yodea,)

ny Sở 3N ,nV0YD 9N (eni miztaeret, an lo yods'at)

jue 4 px (0in i shaon.)

(mab hasha’ah?) ?rown mp

BS

cen wer nizrenn (nig) ye wire

Tp

* ‘The prefix`ˆ means: before, to,

1Ô minutes to 3

* The prefix‘ means: after, and, ng

8 and 10 minutes apy 99 nyo,

* The word ‘yan’ is based on 'yasge, 5.2.3 How wi

feel ‘ould you say these times, using the 12-hour

‘endings and acts as the name of the verb: the verb ‘to be’, ‘to

In English we use ‘to .", ive Look at the table below: to make the present tense the in Hebrew ‘ 9, to make the removed and the endings added to match the pronouns in

‘umber and gender (see Section 3.5)

infinitive mis ts mip tp

am (emahe" | sam» | mann | anon | mhgpp lobe na hươy

x# (eahe) | + | mom | eSpp | nhọ to be late

#7 (edayesk) | mm | nvm | mơ | mm lobø on timo sworn wor | moyoyn | onyoyn | nnwoyn (lehitztaer)

lo be sony

5.2.4 Whar do you say in each of the following situations?

1 You are sorry you are late, You say »N

2 Your friend Bill is late You say:

3 Your friend Rachel arrives on time You say: m

4 You and your friend Simon hurry to the theatre, You say:

Š You are late You say: — — w

BB 5.25 why doesnt the woman know the time?

1V nn n4 :0% (ish: sichah, mah hasha'ah?) gow 97) von ‘nw {ishah: mitztaeret, ein I shaon,)

5.2.6 Complete the role plays: When? (matay?) 20

visiting hours {sheot bikur) "3 nÌy „ praying, service (0 (tflah) nyẹn lime of prayer, service (sheot hatefilah) non nữ, rom HHl (mlehaah ad shaah ) nựg Tự nhộn

(bein hashaot) nivya 1

‘You: Say the time is half past two

bb You: Say excuse me and ask what time itis

-yn!21 awe sawn (ishah: hasha'ah shteim esreh vachetz.)

(ishah: mah hasha'ah, bevakashah?) (mfp) (yehudim) em:

You: Say you are sorry, you don't have a watch, { (mp) (muslemim) nrytom

() (nozrim) ory

5.3 Visiting the church Fe istic asic ofthe Annunciation (knesiat habesorah) ayiuan n:09

(mevrakim ba’knesiah) a"0292 pan

The Greens are going to mect Shalom and go with him to the Basilica of the Annunciation

a When are they going to meet?

b When will they go into the church?

(míp) (mevakrim) 07730

(patuach) nm,

(Sagun) xao (Kot yor) oF (kol hayom) pin \

wor man M012 Wad ON BAK 131p TỊT Athy fon TA TT

2n3Y: am hnw nn -p IND BỊ {Shalom Cohen: ken, matay atom rotzim ‘How you say it in Hebrew inmaya arn >

yank aver A007 ON? WK 2 (kach omrim be’ivrit)

(David: efsharlehikanes laknesiah beshaah 7

“4| VU hư 3 |3 0390n 09 JP been waiting already oi (Shalom: ken, efshar lehipagesh bamalon beshaah (anachnu mechakim kvar )

là (efshar lehikanes?) ?oyy"nh "gọi

it aa I eee (terns to

Invern (Shalom:

¬¬-48 _ 5-82 What would you say to arrange to meet at these times? 1 Monday2.30- 4 Tueday1020

7 Friday 8.45

2 Thursday 23.00 5 Sunday 17.45 8 Tuesday evening

3 Saturday 19.00 6 Wednesday 17.309 Thursday 18.15

`

Israeli {ze parament) come fom the rot ‘ens’ (gathering) a They all refer 2" (the

Grammar

Adjectives

ty 1N />Tt~ these words are adjectives

An adjective is a word that adds HA hàn that adds something to the meaning somethin of f

In Hebrew the adjective follows the noun, while in Engl

aujetve usually stands before the nun,” nu Elis the

TH đong: (mfp) a*mman enaa

In English the word ‘the’ comes before the adjective let

the‘ comes before both the noun and the sdaeuve ee

(te ae let em fe)

$3.4 Circle the correct alternative (feminine or masculine)

Remember that the feminine usually ends with n

pm Í pry (mm) ye > Arne / wo (f) EID x mina / mine (m) nes wa 7 nøh/ no (m) Tan 3

ae xe (06 “oeđ0 mươa Co rma oven ym | Yến pean ween] a bran oom ‘neenarwma | ` ()anm(m)nơơ| -arao,artons|

ngơn ae |_ nượ tv0960nyea| —" nượa vợ "20000700 Arìo 1780| sao neon ronal

11.00 row oa ran ma tham

2 ran Y9 wOttp PIP WN M3

{In this unit you wil learn how to, * describe hotel facities

* give your particulars when ooking into a hotel

* ask for and give your address ‘and postcode

* ask for and give a telephone umber

* filina fom

(BD the sea of Galilee

This i eae’ largest tesh-water ako Along its shores are important istorcal, religious and recreational sites

Tiberias Tiberias, the city on the shore of the Sea of Galle, is one of the four holy cities ofthe land of Israel It was builtin the fist century of the Common Era by Herod Antipas and named after Emperor Tiberius

|i the third century, Tiberias became the seat of the Sanhedrin (the Jowish High Court) and the Jerusalem Talmud was codified here in

400 CE

Maimonides’ Tomb ~ This is the tomb of great medieval sage Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, who died in 1205 in Egypt

The Tomb of Rabbi Meir the Miracle Worker —Thisis the tomb of the

‘econd-century sage Rabbi Meir, known for his healing powers

‘The Hamat Tiberias Synagogue — Near the Tiberias hot springs, the

‘oinains of synagogue with a colourful mosaic floor were discovered

Sqvonteen hot springs emerge here Famous since antiquity the site ill serves visitors to the Tiberias hot-springs spa

apernaum Caperaum, on the shores of the Sea of Galle, is often mentioned

In the New Testament, since this was the region where Jesus lived find worked miracles

‘The House of Peter ~The Byzantine church that was discovered here

lê construeted on what are believed to be the remains of the house

fi Peter The ruins can be seen through the glass floor of the church inbove them

‘Tho Synagogue — The fourth-century synagogue had a large prayer fill and an open courtyard The ark faced south, towards Jerusalem

‘Several carvings of geometric designs, plants and Jewish motifs were found here

Tabgha

‘W0 Christian places of importance can be found here:

‘The Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes ~ This

‘hurch stands on the site where, according to tradition, Jesus multiplied {wo fh and five loaves of bread to feed a crowd of 6,000

ro one

(lehazmin heder) +rn pnta 9

David and Ruth want to book a room in Tiberias with 2

of the lake They are at the reception of a hotel in Tibe SB) ast the receptionist `

(m) (man) lữ

“Tơ (pakld) (m) (pkid kabalah) nag T'7,

"Tp, (phidah) () (pkidat kabalah) nữà nợ,

(Saki: yesh chadarim gdolim vayesh chadarim kianin (mie'adah) nyượn

male) xp se),

3990 Ye Twn AS! 9D w SrA TINA HP (orchatschiyah) any m9,

(Pakid: bacheder hagadol yesh nof yafeh meod shel hakineret}

5s 0.1.5 Ruth and David Green were asked to fill in a form Fill in

i ton và ives agree with nouns in number and mee

Remember: The masculine plural usually ends The feminin (fest name) 079.0

plural usually ends ~ 0m , But there are exceptions, : oan:

address) rain,

E TT 6.2 In the hotel room

P nữ [ohm | em

\241 You saw this advertisement in the newspaper:

6.1.3 Which entries in the table above are the exceptions?

6.4.4 Fill n the blanks in the dial

to those inthe dialogue above,

"N9 Yớ Thân ngt qp vi ma rạn, que yon +

mx seer hhaagam@bezegint.com / 04 48973 :opo / 04 45789:

‘mini bar m (m) (mini bar) +à 979 SeaofGallee 3 Theres

6.3 Information in the hotel

(modyin bamalon) j'ma rm David and Ruth speak with the receptionist in the hotel They

‘want some information on tours in Tiberias,

®-.: recording and answer the questions:

a What sites would David like to see?

b In what is Ruth interested?

© What does the receptionist suggest?

In Tiberias (Betveryah) arava

'?nna03 099V p*rw0@n ninipn wr =m

TMA xa? naY WR AED WPA DK NUE AN OK STAT

B44 Choose the correct word from the alternatives:

PMN NWO OFM AF OATAN aNYA NOI? NYY WOR "AED

(onm/o) Pav wave 2

‘an historical sito (makom histor) nioợn oipp (m9 / ovrin) — wr yma 9

| Interesting historical sites tp o*tloợn ninlpp

(lehem) an?

‘You (p) have a telephone

‘You have already learned that ‘w»' means ‘there i ’

‘means ‘there is no " Read the following sentence:

‘have no television,

Possessive pronouns (1)

You have already learned the personal 43.3.5), Read the following table, and see the personal pronouns and the possessive pronouns \e connection | The verb ‘to have’ in English is similar to “wn in Hebrew, which

«Bint notee 16 @ 12 In NMA WH

„ 48 T7 Ub the KE ay 9H OW a

——» Frew vv noo pw a

JX Doma MOAN PS w + prom mòyn và n pronouns (2)

to say ‘mine, yours’, 379

adding , to the words: wz ,¥9 ,%9 you get the words #7, ,u>,

fronaun _[ peer’ fener is shown in the table below:

you(m) nx! yyw _| You have | Firm | You don't have my, mine (shell) rw

our, ours (sh@lanu) 0ø

“y9w3() (eÖelel)Thø | yow:ew@f) (sheadhonpe

she wn are | Shehas] nụ | She doesn't have ‘his (mm) _(shelo) fre ‘their, theirs (pm) _ (sholahem) oau|

we pnw sie | Wohave| nhịx | We dont have hor, hers (1) _(shelah) re their, theirs (pf)_ (shelahen) no

J94( snw| sư: | You have | a> rx | You dont have

you(f) mm | wre | Youhave pix | You don't have singular mit mg

they (m) _on| ogyw: |Theyhawe| ohpx | They dont have acme: Sena

fre =n + Pe onvw = on + Anw = Kn +e tw = nw + wu

moy one

"¬—¬

+ eee man + +n mo 50 yan ñị

the water levels the israeli National Spor, {In winter you can hear on the news how many centimetres the ofthe lake has risen each day In summer the question is: How many

centimetres below the ‘Red Line" it?

{In this unit you will learn,

‘+ numbers to 1,000 + how to change money

* how to give your address

* how to say what you would like to eat and drink at a cotfee shop

* how to ask someone what they would like to eat and,

‘drink + how to ask for the bill

Hala is the third biggest lly in Israel The city has four diferent them as figures: vom pier tate pb Altemativelys you canta

‘eparephic areas: the lower city withthe largest port in Israel and ff the recording for listening practice,

sre commercial centres, the slopes of Mount Carmel, with the Bahai By ber onwy mun saw ,omnv1 DMN OHNKN MWY OV AND

shrine and gardens, the downtown area, and the bay area with le um DYER MAB WN DAI MND

Industrial zone,

#) the science Museum ~ The Old Technion This was the county's (7.4.3 Now read the following numbers out loud in Hebrew

Bioke Out in 1813, which ended with Hebrew vicarious Today te f (1, 539, 726, 109, 487

Notice that at this stage we do not go into the complexities

of feminine and masculine numbers All the numbers in the hundreds are written in the feminine form, which is more common

The Maritime Research Contre - The centre includes in ts area of

expertise the Sea of Galilee, the Gulf of Eilat, the Dead Sea and the

Mediterranean,

Zhe Bahai Torrace Gardens and Bahai Shrine — Haifa is the centre the Bahai faith The gardens are designed as nine semicieuise

{braces that focus the eye on the gold-domed structure, known ae

the Shrine of the Bab,

Ñ::‹¡ o ác recording of Ruth changing some

inoney at the bank First look at the key words, then listen to

‘he dialogue several times and, as you do so, say whet

7.1 At the bank maa YzEtz-ATiAApitcsr si xin

7.44 Numbers 100-1,000 aa 4 Ruth wants to change USA $ into IS

Jy Ruth wants to change 300 1S _ "SN 1]

a ( 100 ĐA | mem | nin wire | nwnvaw | ann wan {200 [300 [400 [600M ¢ Ruth is being asked to sign some papers

soo [700 [300 ] ạmg | q00 Dyin wR are

un ve | va] nen ame | nen ven | — si 2ÿiri6iSEfMGRRGEiee-l01801ãm

yan ar OT 5 xin wun sp

101 212 388 408 555 ema nen nx ory AnD THN TH mí Ma

‘wa maa yerom | “owe | vm | Hưng [oem | unm wire | en sane | nanuan STOO net Nera ON ‘Pow aw nainon an sp

wan won zona 26 on noo inna mmo" fan

ort AW ME WON STD

oe wo | nina sau [nen amu | nn won| omer ripeciear

movew | vam | sang | "yan | an

Co | | mer | sey | 3M jy {p01 Yo = abn ua

2 What is the rate of exchange?

3 Please sign the papers

B How you Say it in Hebrew n aya | NIN 7>

.D'77W7 anew ni? / n1?ÍT !?nn7 nyn / nyn nựgan / 2n IX

n1 Frew 8 Rin Awa / W777 Ww 5 NIN AWWA

The rate for the dollar is 5 Israeli shekel/the rate for the pound is 8 shoekel

Tip

Mote the use of xin The rate is NN AYwN — Remember that the word wn also means ‘he’

e 7.1.6 I'd like to change Qn? NYPAN IX

ou will hear three people changing money into shekels Fill in

jrid below with the appropriate information

In Hebrew an address is written as follows: —

3 :nn9U3 0U — 9nì:?038 1.7 Changing money go> "nn?

3m 28 : a0 3À T29 1m) :30h32 t are at the bank in Haifa, changing some money Fill in the

in the conversation between you and the bank clerk, using fiom the table below, ignoring decimals You are staying

te] Carlton, at 157 Carmeli Street

address nwon "7 w! NT ANN] NN

country ?axn a /nx and NIN Ww :T'09

any Say you want to change two hundred dollars :anx / nx

street

„I0 :T'

apartment

2a" mm mn: i posicode ?A1710/ 1117 29/ mn :nw ƒ nnw

‘ew of the bay and the Bahai gardens, 8:: dialogue several times and answer the tong:

‘Where would the Greens like to sit?

‘Can you mention two kinds of drinks, and two kinds of food offered?

the coffee shop agp naa

2ina pr nx no" ory =m Jonna na OMA TM 0n 7C? ,[ T19 NAW? Bx BNDK 2N

orn onw an vena wm -3 By ,n33 n9ÿ :n atm fa an ann ox =e

'?*yrno I nay 2O%DM OHM AD ZA

wins may ee Syne nupan ox A

BB Asking someone's adress and giving your addross

ag nạinạa nọ

(© What's your addross?

-Ÿ lon rnp alm) ,orrery Wy OK

© ive in Israel, Jerusalem, Hertzet St no, 7

7.4.8 Ruth Take the par af Rue {ed St, whom she mt in speaks with her friend Sar

(© Ruth asks Sara for her addross: —_

2A MK HOM 2 917 25 prinoA 30013 ,a9n3 nhà sục

‘© Ruth gives hor address (give your own)

8033 |aun r1

(m)ngợ m (m)synm