the HEBREW
LANGUAGE
language NAME
- not "Jewish"
- not "Israelish"
- not even "Yiddish"
HISTORY
- The Bible
(Old Testament, or TaNaKh)
*opens from right to left!
WRITING SYSTEM
You have your alphabet all to yourself?!
only consonants have graphic representation in the alphabet!
Texts are written without vowels, book are read without vowels...
TLPHN
How
can we read without vowels?
text without vowels
text with vowels
GRAMMAR
basics
Good News
there is no
about the Hebrew grammar:
- "am", "is", "are"
- question order
- there are no cases per ce:
"Modern Hebrew Grammar is partly analytical, expressing such forms as dative, ablative and accusative using prepositional particles rather than morphological cases"
Wikipedia on Modern Hebrew Grammar
Bad News
there is the...
about the Hebrew grammar:
dreaded verb conjugation!
But! An intuitive understanding of the cojugation system is possible!
If we keep in mind one specialty of the Hebrew grammar:
The
"MERGING TENDENCY"
* More about it - at the full presentation!
HEBREW
and other languages
words
חוצפה
שרף
בלגן
KHUTSPA
SARAF
BALAGAN
Copy of Hebrew Presentation Extract
By Alisa Zingerman
Copy of Hebrew Presentation Extract
Hebrew Workshop
