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! |
You now know 20 Hebrew Letters and 9 main niqqud symbols! |
Have you been practicing your alef-beit? I hope so, because you’re just two lessons away from learning them all! |
In this lesson we will move on to the twenty-first letter and we’ll learn another niqqud. |
So let’s start! bou nathil! |
The next letter is 'Shin', with the sound of 'Sh'. |
It looks like this- |
שׁ (handwriting) |
curve from out-in. |
It looks like the English letter 'e', doesn't it? |
In print it looks different though |
שׁ (print) |
'Shin' is pronounced 'Sh' when the dot on the upper right side. |
If the dot in 'Shin' is on the upper *left* side- it is called 'Sin', with the sound of 'S'. |
Remember, like all niqqud, these dots are usually not written. It's like the dot of 'Beit', 'Kaf', and 'Pei'. |
שׂ (handwriting) |
and in print |
שׂ (print) |
'Shin' and 'Sin' are considered the same letter in the Hebrew alphabet. You only have to remember two of it’s sounds. |
Now let’s try a little word play with 'Shin' and 'Sin' |
'Sara Shara Shir Sameah' |
'Shir Sameah Shara Sara' |
The meaning of it is- |
'Sara sings a happy song' |
'Happy song sings Sara' |
In Hebrew you can say the sentence both ways and it is still grammatically correct. |
Try to practice it many times until you get it right both ways! It is challenging but fun way to learn! |
It’s time to learn the last niqqud used in modern Hebrew. Number ten is 'Kubuts', with the sound of 'U'. It looks like this. |
We already had 'Shuruk', and this is another 'U' sound in the Hebrew vowel system. |
'Meshulash' is a triangle. |
מֵשֻלַש (handwriting) |
and in print- |
מֵשֻלַש (print) |
Now it's time for Yana's insights. |
Try to make a chart of all ten niqqud we have studied so far. |
Take any letter and pronounce the same letter with different niqqud each time- |
for example- |
'Beit'- |
'Beit and Kamats' 'ba' |
'Beit and Hirik' 'bi' |
'Beit and Kubuts''bu' |
and so forth... |
Try to go by the order we studied. From the first 'Kamats' all the way to the last 'Kubuts' from this lesson. |
Next lesson we will finish with Hebrew alef-beit and have a review of all the 22 letters!!! |
How is your singing voice? |
See you in the next lesson! |
Lehitraot!!!! |
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