Hi everyone, my name is Ayana. Some of you already know me. I’m writing the Transparent Hebrew Language Blog for five years now. On August 2015, I posted my first post, and have been accompanying your Hebrew studies since then, with monthly tips and stories. To celebrate this fifth anniversary, and to summarize up a bit of what we’ve learned, here is a great 30  questions quiz. answers are at the bottom of the page, but no peeking. Good Luck!

1) What is the plural form of the word כּוֺס?

a. כּוֺסוֺת          b. כּוֺסׅים

 

2) Which word is masculine?

a. גְּבֶרֶת          b. צֹמֶת          c. רֶשֶׁת          d. שַׁלֶּכֶת

 

3) What is the correct greeting for the holiday of Shavuot?

a. שָׁנָה טוֹבָה

b. צוֺם קַל

c. חַג שָׂמֵחַ

d. שַׁבַּת שָׁלוֹם

 

4) What is the past tense of the verb לֶאֱכֹול for the pronoun they?

a. אָכְלָה          b. אָכְלוּ          c. אָכַל          d. אָכַלְנוּ

 

5) Which word doesn’t conjugate according to the “the diseases’ pattern”?

a. רַכֶּבֶת          b. כַּוֶּרֶת          c. צַמֶּרֶת          d. טָעוּת

 

6) Which word means journalist?

a. עִתּוֹנַאי          b. עִתּוֹנָאִי

 

7) How many letters in the Hebrew alphabet?

a. 24          b. 22          c. 26

 

8) Which word is exceptional?

a. כָּאן          b. שָׁם          c. פֹּה

 

9) Which of the next verbs doesn’t belong to binyan Pi’el?

a. לְטַיֵּיל          b. לְקַצֵּר          c. לְלַמֵּד          d. לְהִשְׁתַּזֵּף

 

10) Which word is feminine?

a. שֻׁלְחָן          b. בָּלוֹן          c. סַכִּין          d. אָרוֹן

 

11) Which word doesn’t describe time?

a. שָׁבוּעַ          b. רֶגַע          c. זְמַן          d. עִנְיָן

 

12) What is the plural form of the word שֻׁלְחָן?

a. שֻׁלְחָנוֺת          b. שֻׁלְחָנׅים

 

13) Which verb is not related to sports?

a. לִשְׂחוֹת          b. לׅקְפּוֺץ          c. לִשְׁתּוֹת          d. לָרוּץ

 

14) Which word is not a clothing item?

a. מַגֶּבֶת          b. צָעִיף          c. חֻלְצָה          d. שִׂמְלָה

 

15) Which word is not a winter clothing item?

a. צָעִיף          b. מְעִיל          c. כּוֹבַע צֶמֶר          d. חֲצָאִית

 

16) Which word means agricultural?

a. חַקְלַאי          b. חַקְלָאִי

 

17) Fill in the correct word:

_____ הוּא יוֹם הַמְּנוּחָה.

a. יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן          b. יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי          c. שַׁבָּת

 

18)  סַכּוּ”ם is an abbreviation of:

a. סַכִּין, כַּף וּמַזְלֵג

b. סַכִּין, כַּפִּית וּמַזְלֵג

c. סֶט סַכּׅינׅים וּמַזְלֵגוֺת

 

19) What is the future tense of the verb לִבְחוֹר for the pronoun we?

a. בָּחַרְנוּ          b. נׅבְחַר          c. יׅבְחְרוּ          d. בָּחְרוּ

 

20) Which word is not related to food?

a. בְּתֵאָבוֹן          b. מַשְׂבִּיעַ          c. מִסְעָדָה          d. קָבוּעַ

 

21) הִמְנוֹן, דֶּגֶל וּמַשּׂוּאָה are part of which festival?

a. שְבוּעַ הַסֵּפֶר

b. חַג פֶּסַח

c. חַג הָאַהֲבָה

d. יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת

 

22) Which word is exceptional?

a. חַג          b. סוֹף שָׁבוּעַ          c. שִׁישִׁי-שַׁבָּת          d. סוֺפָ”שׁ

 

23) Which word is feminine?

a. דּוּכָן          b. טִיּוּל          c. יוֹם          d. צְפַרְדֵּעַ

 

24) Which phrase means quality time?

a. זְמַן אֵיכוּת          b. בִּזְבּוּז זְמַן          c. זְמַן יָקָר          d. זְמַן מוּעָט

 

25) Fill in the right words:

_____ וְ____ הֵם צׅבְעֵי הַדֶּגֶל.

a. כָּחֹל, סָגֹל

b. תְּכֵלֶת, לָבָן

c. כָּחֹל, לָבָן

 

26) What is not a food?

a. נַעְנַע          b. אַגָּס          c. נַעַל          d. בָּצָל

 

27) Which of the next verbs doesn’t belong to binyan Pa’al?

a. לְקַוּוֹת          b. לִכְתּוֹב          c. לֶאֱכוֹל          d. לַחְשׁוֹב

 

28) Which verb doesn’t relate to art?

a. לְאַיֵּיר          b. לְצַלֵּם          c. לְאַתֵּר          d. לְצַיֵּיר

 

29) Fill in the correct word:

וָרֹד הוא הַ____ הָאָהוּב עָלַי.

a. מַאֲכָל          b. צֶבַע          c. יוֺם          d. בֶּגֶד

 

30) Which one is not a fruit?

a. וִילוֹן          b. אֲפַרְסְמוֹן          c. לִימוֹן          d. רִמּוֹן

 

 

And here are the correct answers:

Question №	Correct answer	Reading suggestion
1	a	Hebrew Kitchen Vocabulary
2	b	5 Hebrew Mistakes that Even Native Speakers Do
3	c	Counting of the Omer
4	b	5 Useful Hebrew Verbs for Summer
5	d	Hebrew Grammar: Diseases
6	a	5 Hebrew Mistakes that Even Native Speakers Do
7	b	The Hebrew Letters: Learning the Alphabet with a Song
8	b	Here and There in Hebrew
9	d	Hebrew Verbs in Action: Binyan Pi’el
10	c	Hebrew Nouns` Gender: How to Distinguish Feminine from Masculine
11	d	Learning Hebrew Through Songs
12	a	Plural Nouns
13	c	Israel’ s Sole Olympic Gold Winner to Auction Off Medal
14	a	Hebrew Winter Clothing: How to Use the Hebrew Word for Scarf
15	d	Hebrew Clothing Vocabulary: How to Use the Hebrew Word for Hat
16	b	5 Hebrew Mistakes that Even Native Speakers Do
17	c	The Days of the Week in Hebrew
18	a	Hebrew Kitchen Vocabulary
19	b	How to Use the Hebrew Verbs to Elect, to Vote
20	d	Falafel: the Unofficial National Food of Israel
21	d	Israel Independence Day Celebrations
22	a	Hebrew Weekend Vocabulary
23	d	Hebrew Grammar: Feminine Nouns
24	a	The Girls are Back: The Gilmore Girls Reunion Cheers Up Israeli Girls
25	c	Hebrew Colors Part 2: Linguistic Evolution
26	c	Hebrew Food Vocabulary
27	a	Hebrew Verbs in Action: Binyan pa’al
28	c	Have you seen Yehuda’s Illustrations?
29	b	Hebrew Colors Part 1: Introduction
30	a	Hebrew Fruits Vocabulary

 

Keep Calm and Learn Hebrew!

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