Hebrew Reading Lesson 3

Before you start the lesson please ensure you are comfortable the quick sound of the Ivrit letters and the Ivrit vowel symbols, Nikud.

If you need Help with letters sounds and Nikud look at my Blogg posts

Any questions don't hesitate to ask, I am here to help :)

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Hebrew Reading Lesson 2

Before you start the lesson please ensure you are comfortable the quick sound of the Ivrit letters and the Ivrit vowel symbols, Nikud.

If you need Help with letters sounds and Nikud look at my Blogg posts

Any questions don't hesitate to ask, I am here to help :)

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The Hebrew Final Letters

5 letters of the Ivrit Alef Bet have a final form.  

This means that when they appear at the end of a word they look different.

We are going to learn how these letters look in Block letters (reading) and learn how they are written in Cursive letters (writing).

The 5 letters that have a final form are:  Kaf,  Mem, Noon, Peh, Tsadi,   

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Hebrew Lessons via Skpe

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I can teach you to read, Write and speak.

I can give you help in GCSE exam.

I can help you with reading your Torah portion for your Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah.

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My rate is £15 an hour and I teach Hebrew Ivrit via Skype in the evening.

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Hebrew Letters Quick Sound

In this lesson we will learn each letter's quick sound.

A letter makes a quick sound if:
If it hasn't got any Nikud symbol
If it has two vertical dots under it.

These two letters don't have a quick sound:

 silent = א אְ

 silent = ה הְ

These 4 letters all have double sound:

Weak(without dot inside)            Strong (with dot inside)

    V = ב בְ                B = בּ בְּ

F = פ פְ                  P = פּ פְּ

H' = כ כְ                  K = כּ כְּ

S = שׂ שְׂ              SH = שׁ שְׁ

These 3 letters all change sound with apostrophe:

 GE /J = 'ג' גְ              G = ג גְ

French pronunciation J = 'ז' זְ                Z = ז זְ

 CH = 'צ' צְ            TS = צ צְ

All the remaining letters all have one quick sound

 D = ד דְ

 V = ו וְ

 H' = ח חְ

 T = ט טְ

 Y = י יְ

 L = ל לְ

 M = מ מ

 N =  נ נְ

 S = ס סְ

 A = ע ע

 K = ק קְ

 R = ר רְ

 T = ת תְ

 5 letters  have a final form and make a quick sound at the end of a word:

  Final Kaf = H' = ך

  Final Mem = M = ם

Final Nun = N  = ן

  Final Peh= F = ף

  Final Tsadi = TS = ץ

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Help with Hebrew GCSE Listening Test - June 2013

Guidance to answering the 2013 Listening Test. Question by Question. 

Link to Exam transcript:
June 2013 GCSE Unit 1 - Listening Test Transcript

Link to Exam paper:
Unit 01 - Listening Test: Question paper 

Link to hear the recording:
June 2013 GCSE Unit 1 - Listening Test Recording.

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Hebrew Reading Lesson 1

Before you start the lesson please ensure you are comfortable the quick sound of the Ivrit letters and the Ivrit vowel symbols, Nikud.

If you need Help with letters sounds and Nikud look at my Blogg posts

Any questions don't hesitate to ask, I am here to help :)

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