Learning How to Speak Hebrew: Basic Expressions
Visit us at
Learning to speak Hebrew is a skill you should work on before traveling to Israel. Hebrew is the official language of Israel. Trying to learn Hebrew will not only help you get around the country and its cities during your trip. You may also use their language to bargain for goods and strike conversations with locals among other things.
Learning the Hebrew language will also help you unlock related ancient and modern Semitic languages such as Amharic, Arabaic, Aramaic, Maltese, and Syriac. When exploring cultures that borrowed their language from Hebrews, it would also help to know how to speak Hebrew. The Landino and Yiddish are examples of people whose cultures borrow largely from the Hebrew language. Whatever your reasons or personal motivations are for wanting to learn Hebrew, the following tips should be able to help you.
1. Study Hebrew. Look for a school, tutor, or Jewish center within your community that offers courses, academic programs, or lessons on Hebrew language. It will cost you but the commitment entailed by these institutions and professionals will push you to learn how to speak Hebrew.
2. Join immersion programs. This non-traditional method will help you learn Hebrew by exposing you to the Jewish culture. After all, the language is still used by Jews and throughout the liturgies of Judaism. If you can wait until you reach Israel, there are several places in the country where you can join these programs and start learning to speak Hebrew. At which time, you will be assigned to live in local households where you will have the rare opportunity to learn Hebrew in an immersive environment.
3. Embrace the Israeli culture. Tune in to an Israeli radio station, download their music, and read a children's book in Hebrew. While traveling in Israel, accessing books written in Hebrew would be easier. You can either borrow books from Jewish Community Centres or buy books from several locations across Israel. One of the best places to get a book in Israel is the book shop near the Central Station in Jerusalem. A children's book should help you learn how to speak Hebrew.
4. Practice speaking the Hebrew r and a khet. These two sounds are widely used in Hebrew language and are spoken differently from when you would try speaking them in English. They sound throaty as in the German word bach.
5. Learn the difference between feminine and masculine words. Much like European and Semitic languages, Hebrews assign masculine and feminine genders to nounds and verbs. Feminine terms are assigned with the syllables ah or it whereas masculine terms lack them.
6. Learn to speak Hebrew phrases. For the purpose of proper pronunciation, the letter h has has been replaced with kh and ch which is how it should be pronounced in Hebrew.
- Boker tov: Good morning
- Yom tov: Good day
- Ma shlomcha?: How are you? (male)
- Ma shlomech?: How are you? (feminine)
- Shalom: Hello/Goodybe/Peace
- Korim li (your name): My name is (your name)
- Ani ben (your age): I'm (your age in years) old (masculine)
- Ani bat (your age): I'm (your age in years) old (feminine)
- Ani meh (your hometown or country): I'm from (your home town or country)
- Todah (rabah): Thank you (very much)
- Bevakasha: Please/You're welcome
- Eich korim lekha/lakh?: What's your name? (male/female)
- Eifo ata gar?: Where do you live? (male)
- Eifo at garah?: Where do you live? (female)
- Sebaba: Cool/Awesome
- Eich omrim (unknown Hebrew word) beh'Ivrit?: How do you say (unknown Hebrew word) in Hebrew?
Learning to speak Hebrew can sound complicated, but if you plan to travel to Israel, a basic knowledge of simple Hebrew phrases is enough.
You can also visit my website to learn how to day trade and travel around the world.
Subscribe on YouTube:
Jackson Richardson (janvier 2014)
Nommé ambassadeur d'honneur de La Réunion en décembre 2013, Jackson Richardson, sportif de haut niveau connu et reconnu, était à l'île de La Réunion du 15 au 25 janvier 2014 pour le tournage d'un documentaire. Ce film didactique, qui retrace la carrière du handballeur réunionnais, donnera aussi la parole à ses proches.
Jackson Richardson s'est livré sur ses souvenirs et sur l'attachemnt qu'il porte à son île !
En savoir plus :
3-bed Townhouse for Sale in Degagnac, Midi Pyrénées, France on frenchlife.biz
More info on Townhouse for Sale in Degagnac, Midi Pyrénées, France with 3-bedroom: ►
Attractive stone 17th century village house sympathetically renovated to the highest standards in the centre of the quiet, attractive village of Dégagnac in the Lot. Close to Salviac, Cazals and the Dordogne Valley.
The ground floor consists of a generous dining room, lovely sitting room, kitchen, rear kitchen and shower / utility room. Enter the house via a large, half-glazed door from the pretty village square into the large spacious dining room that has an open stone and brick fireplace with wood burner, a lovely window seat with views over the village square, and rustic tiled floor. Beautiful old walnut stairs lead from this room to next level, tucked under the stairs is a stone-arched alcove that was originally a bread oven.
Adjacent to the dining room is a light filled sitting room with traditional marble fireplace, polished wooden floors and a view across the town square.
The kitchen is a cook's delight and has been renovated and re-fitted to the highest standards. It boasts fitted cupboards, space and plumbing for a range cooker and dishwasher, lovely matching rustic tiled floor, and French doors open to the garden. The boiler room with oak double doors is off the kitchen.
Next to the kitchen is a small rear kitchen with built in pantry, plus plumbing and space for a large fridge plus washing machine. There is also a shower / utility room with WC on the ground floor.
On the first floor is a landing with polished wooden floorboards, 3 bedrooms, a bathroom and a terrace that overlooks the garden. The master bedroom has an open fireplace, polished wooden boards and a view across the peaceful village square. The second bedroom also has an open fireplace, polished wooden boards and views across the village square, this room is currently used as a study and has the potential for either a bedroom or study. The third bedroom is at the rear of the house and overlooks the garden and terrace, it has stripped wooden floors and a built in cupboard.
The first floor bathroom is a full bathroom with bath, shower, vanity and WC, it has quality fittings throughout. Off the first floor hall way is the newly paved and painted terrace which is very private and looks over the garden. The walnut staircase continues up into the attic which has a floor of chestnut parquet and could be converted into one large room or two smaller rooms.
The pretty private rear garden has mature apple and cherry trees and established garden beds and lawn. There is a gazebo built on a timber decking base which is perfect for alfresco dining. The garden has room for a swimming pool.
The property has oil-fired central heating and mains electric and drainage. There is a telephone line to the property which enables broadband connection.
The village of Degagnac is a peaceful village in the department of the Lot which is in the Midi-Pyrenees Region in SW France. It is close to the popular villages of Salviac and Cazals which has a very busy weekly market. Degagnac has a Post Office, village shop, spice shop, primary school, church, bar, popular restaurant which serves excellent food, and a doctor's surgery. The train station is on the main Paris to Toulouse line.
The village, which is close to the Dordogne border and the A20 motorway, is convenient for many renowned tourist attractions, including Cahors, Rocamadour, St. Cirq la Popie, Domme, and Sarlat, all less than an hours drive away. There is also an abundance of medieval bastide towns, fabulous châteaux to enjoy along the Lot and Dordogne valleys. Nearest airports with budget airlines are: Brive (45 mins) Bergerac (1.5 hours) Toulouse (2 hours) Limoges (2 hours) Rodez (2 hours).