About a year and a half ago, I wrote an article on planning a Hebrew immersion day. And as a part of that immersion experience, I thought about Facebook and how you can use it to help you learn Hebrew.

VOCABULARY

לְהִכָּנסֵ – log in
שֵׁם מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ – username
סִיסְמָה / סִיסְמָא – password

Signing in

At Facebook’s homepage, we’re going to לְהִכָּנסֵ. So put in your שֵׁם מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ (which is your email or phone number), and then your סִיסְמָה / סִיסְמָא.

The News Feed

VOCABULARY
חֲדָשׁוֹת – News feed
עִדְכּוּן – (status) update
So now you’re signed in, the first thing you see is the חֲדָשׁוֹת. You can check out what new things are posted, any new pics from your friends, etc. Or you can post a עִדְכּוּן without having to go to your timeline. Let’s check some of them out.

Favorites – מועדפים

חֲדָשׁוֹת – Newsfeed
הוֹדָעוֹת – Messages
אֵירוּעִים – Events
תְּמוּנוֹת – Photos

אֹסֶף חֲדָשׁוֹת מַדַפים – Pages Feed
סַמָן דַפִים ב׳אַהֲבְתִי – Like pages
יְצִירָת מוֹדָעָה – Create Ad

 

 

Status Update

סְטָטוּס – Status
הוסף תְמוּנוֹת/סִרְטוֹן – Add photo/video
?עַל מַה אַתָּה חוֹשֵׁב – What’s on your mind? (masc)
?עַל מַה אַתְּ חוֹשֶׁבֶת – What’s on your mind? (fem)

Finding friends – אִיתוּר חֲבֵרִים

Let’s say someone wants to friend you, or you want to friend someone. The section or link you’re looking for is הוּסֵף/הוֹסִיפִי כְּחָבֵר (Add as a friend). Now, in which category would you like to add them under? A couple of choices are:
Close friends – חֲבֵרִים קְרוֹבִים
Acquaintances – מַכָּרִים
Family – מִשְׁפָּחָה

And you’ll get the confirmation:
[name 1] and Sean Young are now friends – [name 1] ו[שון יאנג] חֲבֵרִים כָּעֵת

Other things you can do

You may see your friends posting links to other Facebook pages, or even to websites they found interesting. You will know this when you see: [שון יאנג] פִּרְסְמָה קִישׁוּר עַל הַקִּיר שֶׁלָּהּ… (Sean Young posted a link on his wall). Well, they’ll see it that way if they have their Facebook page in Hebrew also.

Do they like what you posted?
[…] likes [Sean Young]’s link – […] אוֹהֵב אֶת הַקִּישּׁוּר שֶׁל [שון יאנג]

Or maybe a photo
[…] likes [Sean Young]’s photo – […] אוֹהֶבֶת אֶת הַתְּמוּנהָ שֶׁל [שון יאנג]

To keep things fresh, a change of the profile pic is common:
Sean young changed his profile picture – [שון יאנג] שִׁינּתְָה אֶת תְּמוּנתַ הַפְּרוֹפִיל שֶׁלוֹ

Look for these on your page

If you have your page in Hebrew, see if you can find the following items. And use it as much as you can. It will seem difficult at first, but the more you use your page in Hebrew, the easier it gets and you’ll find it becoming enjoyable the more you discover.

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