Hebrew phrasebook
Table of Contents: Pronunciation guide / Phrase list / Basics / Pronouns .28.D7.9B.D7.99.D7.A0.D7.95.D7.99.D7.99 .D7.92.D7.95.D7.A3 kinuye guf.29 / Asking Questions .28.D7.A9.D7.90.D7.9C.D7.95.D7.AA she.27elot.29 / Numbers .28.D7.9E.D7.A1.D7.A4.D7.A8.D7.99.D7.9D misparim.29 / Time .28.D7.96.D7.9E.D7.9F zman.29 / Days of the week .28.D7.99.D7.9E.D7.99 .D7.94.D7.A9.D7.91.D7.95.D7.A2 yame hashavua.27.29 / Months .28.D7.97.D7.95.D7.93.D7.A9.D7.99.D7.9D hodashim.29 / Duration .28.D7.9E.D7.A9.D7.9A meshekh.29 / Seasons .28.D7.A2.D7.95.D7.A0.D7.95.D7.AA .27onot.29 / Colors .28.D7.A6.D7.91.D7.A2.D7.99.D7.9D tsva.27im.29 / Transportation .28.D7.AA.D7.97.D7.91.D7.95.D7.A8.D7.94 tahburah.29 / Bus and train .28.D7.90.D7.95.D7.98.D7.95.D7.91.D7.95.D7.A1 .D7.95.D7.A8.D7.9B.D7.91.D7.AA otobus verakevet.29 / Directions .28.D7.9B.D7.99.D7.95.D7.95.D7.A0.D7.99.D7.9D kivunim.29 / Taxi .28.D7.9E.D7.95.D7.A0.D7.99.D7.AA monit.29 / Learning more Related articles: : Hachimantai Plateau, Hajj, Hamilton (Victoria), Harwich, Hasankeyf, Hausa phrasebook, Hebrew phrasebook, Helambu Langtang Trek, Herculaneum, Highlands, Highlands (Papua New Guinea), High Point, Hiiumaa, Hikes in the Lake District, Hiking in South Africa, Himalayas, Hindi phrasebook, Hitchhiking around the world, Hitchhiking boats, Hitchhiking in Japan, Hitchhiking phrasebook, Holiday villas, Holland, Home exchange, Hospitality exchange, Hostels, Hotels, Hot springs, Hot Springs-1, How to haggle, Hrodna, Huangshan, Hull, Hungarian phrasebook |
Hebrew is spoken as a daily language in Israel and is used as a religious language by Jews worldwide.
Hebrew is written with a different alphabet than most European languages, and is written from right to left.
Pronunciation guide
The Hebrew alphabet consists entirely of consonants, though some can function as vowels. Vowels are indicated with a system of dots and dashes next to the letters, but these are usually omitted except in Bibles and children's books. It is common for words, especially foreign words, to be spelled in more than one way; the Abu'l`afia Synagogue has five different spellings of its name on its signs.
The accent is usually on the last syllable; most of the exceptions are segolates (words in which segol, the e-sound, was inserted after the accent), such as elef "thousand". Some words have a diphthong "ua" or "ia" which is one syllable but sounds like two, like English "oil". This is called pattach gnubah "stolen a-sound" and occurs in shavua "week", which is accented on the "u".
Five letters (מנצפכ) have a different form at the end of a word (םןץףך, respectively). These are named by adding סופית (so-FEET) "final" to the name of the letter, e.g. נון סופית (Noon So-feet)
Phrase list
Somewhat unusually, Hebrew verbs conjugate according to the gender of the sentence's object: different verb forms must thus be used when speaking to men and women. These have been noted below when appropriate.
Basics
Pronouns (כינויי גוף kinuye guf)
Asking Questions (שאלות she'elot)
Numbers (מספרים misparim)
Time (זמן zman)
Days of the week (ימי השבוע yame hashavua')
Except for Shabbat, these are ordinal numbers. But both these and the names of the first 6 letters in the Hebrew Alfa-Beit are used.
Months (חודשים hodashim)
In everyday life, most Israelis use the Gregorian Calendar. The month names pronunciation resembles Central-European (e.g. German) pronunciation.
For holidays and events, Israeli Jews and Jews worldwide use a lunisolar calendar, in which the month begins at the new moon and a thirteenth month is added every few years. The months with Tishrei (Sept.-Oct.) and run through Elul (August-September); thus Elul 5760 is followed by Tishrei 5761. Besides meaning "spring" and "Nisan", "Aviv" is also the name of a stage that the growth of barley reaches at that time.
Duration (משך meshekh)
Seasons (עונות 'onot)
Colors (צבעים tsva'im)
Transportation (תחבורה tahburah)
Bus and train (אוטובוס ורכבת otobus verakevet)
Directions (כיוונים kivunim)
Taxi (מונית monit)
Learning more
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