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Hi everyone.
Welcome to The Ultimate Hebrew Pronunciation Guide.
In this lesson, you'll learn all 5 Hebrew vowel sounds.
אַ
אֶ
אִ
וֹ
וּ
By learning all of these sounds, you'll be able to pronounce any vowel that could possibly appear in Hebrew!
Are you ready?
Then let's get started!
The first vowel sound is...
אַ
גַּם "also"
פח "trash"
דָּג "fish"
This vowel sound is very similar to the A in 'far'.
אַ, אַ (slowly)
אַ, אַ (slowly)
The next vowel sound is...
אֶ
שֶׁל "of"
כן "yes"
כֵּהֶה "dark"
It's very similar to the E in the word 'education'.
אֶ, אֶ (slowly)
אֶ, אֶ (slowly)
The next vowel sound is...
אִ
מִיסִּים "taxes"
אִימּוּן "training"
תִּינוֹק "baby"
This is identical to the I in 'ski'.
אִ, אִ (slowly)
אִ, אִ (slowly)
The next vowel sound is...
"וֹ
שלום "peace/hello/goodbye"
נֹעַר "youth"
חֲלוֹם "dream"
It's very similar to the O sound in the word 'ore'.
וֹ, וֹ (slowly)
וֹ, וֹ (slowly)
The last vowel sound for this lesson is...
וּ
תמונה "picture"
אדומה "red"
מְדוּרָה "bonfire"
This is identical to the U in the word 'rule'.
וּ, וּ (slowly)
וּ, וּ (slowly)
Well done! You've just learned all 5 vowel sounds in Hebrew!
With these sounds, you can pronounce any vowel that could possibly appear in the Hebrew language! Isn't that great?
Which vowel sound was the most difficult for you to pronounce? Let us know in the comments.
In the next lesson, you'll start learning consonant sounds.
See you in the next Ultimate Hebrew Pronunciation Guide lesson!

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