Learn how to write kuf and reish
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| Shalom, ani Yana! Welcome to Hebrewpod101.com’s Alef-Beit be-kalei kalut. |
| The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn the Hebrew alphabet: the alef-beit! |
| In the last lesson we covered the eighteenth letter- צ. |
| In this lesson we will learn two more letters from the alef-beit and one niqqud. |
| So let’s start! bou nathil! |
| The ninteenth Hebrew letter is- `Kuf`, with the sound of `K`. |
| Don’t confuse Kuf with the eleventh letter `Kaf`. They have the same sound but are written and used differently! |
| Let’s write `Kuf` in the handwriting style first |
| ק (handwriting) |
| Keep the stroke longer than the frame, otherwise it will become `Hei`. |
| in print- |
| ק (print) |
| almost the same! |
| `Kir` is a wall. |
| קיר (handwriting) |
| and in print |
| קיר (print) |
| The next letter is number twenty! It’s- - `Reish`, with the sound of `R`. |
| It looks like this- |
| ר (handwriting) |
| The pronunciation of the Hebrew `Reish` is similar to the french `R` sound. Try to make the sound from the throat- rolling the `r`, as if you were gurgling water. |
| In print- |
| ר (print) |
| `Dvora`- is a bee. |
| דבורה (handwriting) |
| and in print- |
| דבורה (print) |
| And you can now write the word `Israel`! It is written like this- |
| דְבוֹרָה (handwriting)(with niqqud) |
| and in print- |
| דְבוֹרָה (print) (niqqud) |
| The last thing we’ll talk about today is the next niqqud- called- `Holam haser`. It looks like this and has the sound of `O`. |
| We already learned `O` sound in `Holam Male`, remember? |
| However, `holam Haser` is only the dot on the upper left side of the letter and indicates an `O` sound, like in- |
| אֱלֹהים (handwriting) (niqqud -reduced segol for alef) `Elohim`- is God in Hebrew. |
| and in print |
| אֱלֹהים (print) |
| Now its time for Yana`s insights; |
| Try to review the last 20 letters. Write them down in a line or a table and next to them their sound. then practice pronouncing all of them, by their order. |
| This will be your preparation for our next lesson, where we are going to sing the entire Hebrew alef-Beit together! |
| We have completed in this lesson 20 of the 22 Hebrew alef-beit letters! |
| Only 2 more to go and one more of the main niqqud symbols used in everyday Hebrew. |
| See you in the next lesson! |
| Bye bye! |
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