{"id":234,"date":"2012-04-23T02:10:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T06:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=234"},"modified":"2012-05-02T12:17:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T16:17:02","slug":"all-about-you-you-and-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/all-about-you-you-and-i\/","title":{"rendered":"All About You, You and I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s date:<\/strong> 1st of Iyyar, 5772 – \u05d0\u05f3 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8 \u05ea\u05e9\u05e2\u05f4\u05d1<\/span>
\nRosh Chodesh Iyyar<\/strong> (\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9 \u05d7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9 \u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8<\/span>)
\n16th day of the Omer<\/strong> (\u05d8\u05f4\u05d6 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05de\u05e8<\/span>)<\/p>\n

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It’s all about me<\/h3>\n

Take a look at this sentence: \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4<\/span> (a-nee mo-she<\/em>) – I am Moses.<\/p>\n

The literal translation of the Hebrew would be \u2018I Moses\u2019. In Hebrew, the verb ‘to be’ does not exist in a present tense sentence (i.e. an A=B type sentence<\/em>). Rather, the ‘to be’ part is implied, and understood. Here’s a few more examples to check out:<\/p>\n

\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9<\/span> (a-nee<\/em>) – I am
\n\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3<\/span> (a-nee tal-meed<\/em>) – I am a (male<\/em>) student
\n\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (a-nee tal-meed-a<\/em>) – I am a (female<\/em>) student<\/p>\n

Look carefully at the examples again. Notice I put in words that indicate whether I’m speaking about a male or female student? This is because Hebrew uses gender. All Hebrew nouns are either masculine or feminine. (There is no neuter, so Hebrew never refers to anything as \u2018it\u2019.<\/em>) The know the differences, most feminine nouns in the singular end with either \u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (ah<\/em>), \u05b5\u05ea<\/span> (et<\/em>) or \u05b4\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> (eet<\/em>). Otherwise you’re safe to assume the noun is masculine. Whenever there are some contrasts in gender and vocabulary, I will be indicating this by using (m<\/em>.) for masculine nouns and (f<\/em>.) for feminine nouns.<\/p>\n

\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3<\/span> (tal-meed<\/em>) – student (m.)
\n\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (tal-meed-ah<\/em>) – student (f.)<\/p>\n

It’s all about you<\/h3>\n

When it comes to the word for “you”, Hebrew also makes a gender distinction here. Here’s where the gender mix-up occurs as I mentioned above. The ‘ah’ sound (\u05b8\u05d4<\/span>) at the end of the pronoun for ‘you’ is actually used when speaking to a male, and the ‘t’ sound for the feminine. Let me show you:<\/p>\n

\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (a-ta<\/em>) – you (when speaking to a male<\/em>)
\n\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0<\/span> (aht<\/em>) – you (when speaking to a female<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Check Yourself<\/h3>\n

Let’s take some time now to practice reading Hebrew. You can go ahead and look at the text above if you need. But if you get really stuck, feel free to ask a question by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some women’s names:
\n\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (mah-nah) – Manah
\n\u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (ah-nah) – Ana
\n\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (ah-yah) – Aya
\n\u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (ahn-yah) – Anya<\/td>\n		And some men’s names:
\n\u05de\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d0<\/span> (maht-yah) – Matya
\n\u05d9\u05b7\u05e0\u05b7\u05d0\u05d9<\/span> (yah-nay) – Janai
\n\u05de\u05b7\u05ea\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (mah-tahn-yah) – Matanya
\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

See if you can make sentences using the names and the pronouns \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9<\/span> (a-nee<\/em>), \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (a-ta<\/em>), and \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0<\/span> (aht<\/em>):<\/p>\n

Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am Ana – \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4<\/span>
\nYou are Janai – \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e0\u05b7\u05d0\u05d9<\/span><\/p>\n

Extra Vocabulary<\/h3>\n

\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3<\/span> (tahl-meed) – (male) student
\n\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (tahl-meed-ah) – (female) student
\n\u05de\u05b4\u05d9<\/span> (mee) – who?
\n\u05d0\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0<\/span> (ee-ma) – mother
\n\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1<\/span> (eesh) – man
\n\u05d0\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (ee-sha) – woman
\n\u05d9\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05d3<\/span> (yeh-led) – boy
\n\u05d9\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (yahl-dah) – girl
\n\u05d5\u05b0<\/span> (v \/ ve) – and<\/p>\n

Reading Practice (with nikud<\/em>)<\/h3>\n

?\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0<\/span>
\n\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4<\/span>
\n\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e0\u05b7\u05d0\u05d9. \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4?
\n\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05ea\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading Practice (without nikud<\/em>)<\/h3>\n

\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9? \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4<\/span>
\n\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4? \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4 \u05ea\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05d3<\/span><\/p>\n

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Answers to the exercises will be given in the next post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s date: 1st of Iyyar, 5772 – \u05d0\u05f3 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8 \u05ea\u05e9\u05e2\u05f4\u05d1 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar (\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9 \u05d7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9 \u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8) 16th day of the Omer (\u05d8\u05f4\u05d6 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05de\u05e8) It’s all about me Take a look at this sentence: \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 (a-nee mo-she) – I am Moses. The literal translation of the Hebrew would be \u2018I Moses\u2019. In Hebrew, the verb…<\/p>\n

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