Rachael's Hebrew Classes: Happy Hebrew עברית בשמחה Lesson 2. the letters Hey and Resh

Happy Hebrew עברית בשמחה

Lesson 2

New letter ה the name of the letter is "Hay"

Sounds like H

הֲ	הִ	הַ	הָ
ha	heee	haa	haaaa

New letter ר This letter is like the letter R in English, but sometimes there are adjustments made because it can act as a throat letter. It usually doesn't use the hatach-patach. The ר can take a shva.

רִ	רַ	רָ
ree	raa	raaaa

Letters that we know so far:

א ה י מ נ ר ת

Handwriting of these letters

New "vowel"

Shva - place holder for the sound of the letter. א and ה most of the time do not take the ְ instead they use the ֲ

א and ה are throat letters so it is undefined how to say it with the ְ

Most of the time they will use the ֲ Hatach Patach.

Say this exercise:

יְ מְ נְ רְ תְ

te re ne me ye

Now the א and ה

אֲ הֲ

ha ah

Now cover up the transliteration and read the exercise.

Read these words that use ה including the rest of the letters:

אַתָּה	אַת	הִיא	מָה	מִי	מַתָּנָה	אִמָּא

אתה	את	היא	מה	מי	מתנה	אמא

ata	aht	hee	ma	mee	matana	eema

you mas	you fem	she	What?	Who?	a gift	mother

Meaning in English

Words that use ר Resh

רָאָה	ראה	ra-ah	see
רְאִי	ראי	ree ee	a mirror
אַרְיֵה	אריה	ar yeh	a lion
נֵר	נר	ner	a candle

Grammar: The

ּ הַ The is a bound letter attached to the noun. It needs the patach and a dot called a dagesh in the next letter. We will learn more about the dagesh later on. Most of the time we will also need the word את to complete the definite article. This word את is untranslatable and it is there because word order in Hebrew is less strict than in other languages.

מַתָּנָה is indefinite without the ה

a gift

matana

הַמַּתָּנָה

With the ה it is definite

The gift

hamatana

Now cover the transliteration and read the words!

Short dialogs to practice:

מִי מָיָה	? מי מיה	mee mya?	Who is Maya?
אֶת מָיָה	את מיה	at mya?	Are you Maya?
הִיא אִמָּא	היא אמא	hee eena	She is a mother
אַתָּה נִיר	אתה ניר	ata nir?	Are you Nir?
		ata nir.	You are Nir.
אֲנִי מָתַי	אני מתי.	ahnee Mati	I am Mati