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Building Your Vocabulary – Using the Phone Posted by Sean Young on Jan 8, 2014
It seems like we live in a phone-addicted society. You can find them in almost every home, every office and with the mobility factor going on today – in every pocket or purse. Phones are everywhere, so it seems like a good idea to learn some vocabulary about phones and using them. To begin…
Resolutions For The New Year Posted by Sean Young on Jan 1, 2014
Here it is, the year 2014 (On the Jewish calendar, it’s the year 5774). And many millions of people make their New Year’s Resolutions. How long they keep them is another story. Want to see the top Resolutions of all time? Here they are: 1 – לִקְרֹא יוֹתֵר – (lik’ro yoter) – Read more. 2…
Hebrew vs. Yiddish: What’s the Difference? Posted by Sean Young on Dec 30, 2013
כל בני האדם נולדו בני חורין ושווים בערכם ובזכויותיהם. כולם חוננו בתבונה ובמצפון, לפיכך חובה עליהם לנהוג איש ברעהו ברוח של אחווה. יעדער מענטש װערט געבױרן פֿרײַ און גלײַך אין כּבֿוד און רעכט. יעדער װערט באַשאָנקן מיט פֿאַרשטאַנד און געװיסן; יעדער זאָל זיך פֿירן מיט אַ צװײטן אין אַ געמיט פֿון ברודערשאַפֿט. Looking at the…
Listen…do you want to know a secret? Posted by Sean Young on Dec 28, 2013
Can you keep a secret? You will not believe what I heard. Well, it’s really no secret, but if you did have one, how would you express that? Let’s start with a rumor that has been going around and you want to know if it’s true… שְׁמוּעוֹת אוֹמְרוֹת שְׁאתה לומד עברית – Rumor has…
How do you write that? Posted by Sean Young on Dec 27, 2013
In this post, I’ll be showing you how to do something that I haven’t written about since this blog began – writing Hebrew in the cursive style. Looking at the alphabet here in handwritten Hebrew, can you see how similar the letters look to their printed counterparts? This is the style you’ll most likely find…
I want a big breakfast today Posted by Sean Young on Dec 12, 2013
Starting this month, we’ll be mixing in dialogs entirely in Hebrew to keep yourself in practice with the language. Each dialog includes vocabulary and some grammar points whenever needed. Let’s get started with our first conversation with two friends מִירִי and לֵאָה. לֵאָה וּמִירִי חֲבֵרוֹת טוֹבוֹת. הֵן נִפְגָּשׁוֹת בְּכָל יוֹם לִפְנֵי הָעֲבוֹדָה וְאוֹכְלוֹת יַחַד…
Conversational Hebrew: It’s not available Posted by Sean Young on Nov 30, 2013
In the previous article, we learned how to ask if something is available using the word “yesh”. let’s do a quick review here… יש לחם? יש מיץ? יש קוקה־קולה? יש גלידה? יש סוכּר? As we know, there is the possibility that everything on our list will be missing an item or two. So, maybe there…