Hebrew Lesson no.1

[musical_il]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 12:43pm

For RoseActress, LightMyCandle and whoever wants to learn a little bit Hebrew, this is for you.

first lesson-

I love you:
Ani ohev otcha

(as I told you before, the "ch" is not really "ch",
it is different from English...)

sorry:
Slicha (again, the "ch")

please:
Bevakasha (read it like: "be-va-ka-sha")

Thanks:
Toda

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Time:
Zman

Today:
Hayom (read: ha-yom)

Now:
Achshav

Yesterday:
Etmol

Tomorrow:
Machar (read: ma-char)

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USA:
Artsot Ha-brit (ha=the)

Place:
Makom (read: ma-kom)

Home:
Bait (you say it like: "bite")

Mom:
Ima (read: E.ma)

Dad:
Aba (like "ABBA")

Brother:
Ach

Sister:
Achot

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And that's all for today!

[Popular]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 12:56pm

Just a small correction:

"Ani Ohev Otcha" is I love you if a guy is saying it to a guy.
"Ani Ohev Otach" is I love you if a guy is saying it to a girl.
"Ani Ohevet Otcha" is girl to a guy
"Ani Ohevet Otach" is girl to a girl

[Plum]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 12:58pm

Just a small niggle- "slicha" is closer to "excuse me." If you want to say "I'm sorry," you say "Ani mitzta'er" (if you're a guy) or "Ani mitza'eret" (if you're a girl."

Posted: 2/8/05 at 1:23pm

hehe thanks musical_il, popular and plum. wow surprisingly i knew alot of those words already! and i know how to pronounce them too!! hehehe thank u!!! keep it up! o i can add my own two words..... az mah= so what? heheheh

[sabrelady]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 1:49pm

& Scheket is SILENCE!
(B'vakasha)
Goyim means nation ( other that Isreal)

Eretz is land or country

[musical_il]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 2:26pm

WOW! People!!! You know better then me!!! hahahahaha

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:17pm

I've been taking Hebrew for 10 years, so I'll have a go at this.

Mitztaer-bother
Tzavar-neck (may be Aramaic)
Shirah-song
Mezameret-singer
Lehatzig-to act
Meshugah/metoraph-insane

[Kimmygonbefamous]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:19pm

When I was little, I learned the hebrew alphabet from my Barney Live tape. Unfortunately, I can't say it without singing the song at the same time. Damn you PBS...damn you.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:21pm

I am so old that I learned Hrbrew from Moses.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:28pm

I suggest you stay away from goyim; it's considered derogatory.

Mezameret, or zamaret, is a female singer, I think, which would make mezamer or zamar a male singer. I'm going by instinct here; I could be wrong.

And "sheket bevakasha" is the refrain of every Hebrew school teacher in existence, I think. Not that I went to Hebrew school. I just work in one. :)

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:31pm

Sorry about that little error! Here's a few more:
Sod-secret
Sheurim-bathroom
Im-can be with or if
Mephursam-famous

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:47pm

Sheurim - Isn't that work? I always had "Sheurei Bayit" - Homework.

For the bathroom, I also, "Bevakasha, Ani Tzricha Lalechet LeSheeruitim"

And yes, "Sheket Bevakasha" is my phrase when I teach Hebrew - it's all I say sometimes. I'd say "Sh'tok" but I think that's more like "Shut Up!" and I don't want to say that.

So, to my advanced Hebrew speaking friends, "Ani Ochevet Otam!"

[Alix7272]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:02pm

wow, i feel like i'm at school.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:04pm

Sherutim! Wow, I feel stupid.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:10pm

Bait shemoosh is what i larned fer bathrm
glad u got the teach ref re scheket!
Not so sure re the word goy being derog- in Yiddish yes but hebrew?
Goy l' goy means nation to nation- not sure there is another way of saying it.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:25pm

I'm pretty sure goy means the same thing in Hebrew or Yiddish- it comes from Yiddish. A word that was previously pointed out, meshugah, is another example of a Yiddish word that's part of Hebrew now.

Let's see...what can I add to this thread?

I have a headache = Yesh li ke'ev rosh.

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:42pm

I've been told that the word goyim means "cattle." Where did the Jew haters that shouted this out at me in a financial chat get this? I have always thought goyim was anyone who wasn't Jewish. Cattle?

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:47pm

Regarding "Goyim" I don't know. But I always think of it in two ways. First, the Yiddish version, which can be used derogatorively, and second, the Hebrew, with which proper translation means "a non-jewish nation" and that's it!

Sabre, I also learned "Beit Sheemoosh", but it translates directly as "Janitor's House/Closet", and I always felt iffy about saying that.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:18pm

I don't have any problem with using beit shimush, but I'm still uncomfortable with goy. I thought "shimush" meant "use." But then again, I can't recall the word for janitor right now, so it's quite likely you're right, shira.

Thirdrowcenter, I don't think goy means cattle. I'm pretty sure it comes from the Old Testament and is used to describe members of the non-Jewish nations. But like other words that were formerly inoffensive- Negro comes to mind- goy has become kind of insulting.

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:26pm

Sheemush come from the same root letters "Shin. Mem. Shin" To use is "LeHishTaMesh" - I don't like HitPael Grammar.

And "Goyim" is in the Torah. Also, a popular song "Lo Yisa Goy" (from Tehilim, I think)

[Raggy Q poo]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:42pm

When learning another language, it's often best to start with learning the alphebet.

Here is a good website to learn the letters: http://www.njop.org/jsAlephbet/sound_main.html. Also, be reminded that Hebrew is read from right to left, the oppisiste way we read English. So, thus- when reading the alphebet off this site. You start at the top right with teh Aleph.

And for starters numbers 1-10. ah'at, shtayim, shalosh, arba, h'amesh, shesh, sheva, shmone, tesha, esser
(that is in the feminine form)

In the masculine form it is: eh'ad, shnyim, shlosha, arba'a, h'amisha, shisha, shiv'a, shmona, tish'a, assara

[OneLastRefrain2]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:05pm

aww ... i love hebrew... how many of you guys had a hebrew school or jewish day school education ? (besides those of you from israel )

[Raggy Q poo]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:24pm

*raises hand* I went to Hebrew school!! But, only till I was in 5th grade cause then I started having school and social issues. I've never had my Bat-Mitzvah although sometimes I wish I did but I don't think I would have it as an adult.

I remember how all the neighbors used to car pool on Hebrew school days...and then after Hebrew school we would usually go to McDoanlds next door to the synogogue and get a nice kosher dinner! LOL.

I remember 1 of my teachers...Mrs. Klein. For some reason I thought she died years and years ago and when I went to synogogue recently for the holidays, my mom says to me "Rebecca! Look who I found! Do you remember her?" And I answer..."She looks like Mrs. Klein but..." and before I finished my sentence my mom says "It is!!" I was like...."ummm...oh-hi" It was really weird, I could almost remember hearing that she died.

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:31pm

*raises hand again*

Hebrew Day School.

K-8: 2-3 hours/school day
High School: 3-6 hours/week, but also in a day school, so constant exposure

And then for college, I teach Hebrew school,which keeps me fairly fresh.

There's just no escaping the language - but I love it.

For some reason, I just got a song stuck in my head...who knows it?

"Eyzeh kef she'yesh hamon haverim. hamon haverim bechol minei tzva'im. shchorim, ktoomin, hoomim oolevanim...." (I think I got the words right!)

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:38pm

I have my solo from choir stuck in my head.

Lekol, hamanginot hatzeirot, tinchat, na tziporim al tzemarot velo yeeoo, li teanot, ki kal leharos, kasheh livnot.