Letters 1

Note: Hebrew is written right to left - in other words, the opposite direction of this sentence.

Articles

Hebrew has no word for "a/an" but it does have a particle (or part of a word) that means "the" using the letter "ה" at the beginning of the word:

• יונה (pigeon) --> היונה (the pigeon)

And

If you want to indicate the word "and", you add the letter "ו" at the front of the word. If you're also using "ה", then add it after the "ו":

• אמא --> ואמא (and mom)

Verb Conjugation

Verbs in Hebrew are conjugated according to number and person (I, you, they, etc.) like in English, but they also follow the gender of the person. That means there is a difference between "she comes" and "he comes" in Hebrew. In addition, person is ignored in the present tense, so the only verb forms in this skill are between "masculine singular" and "feminine singular". Later skills will add other verb forms for the plural and other verb tenses.

Adjectives

Adjectives will follow the noun they modify in Hebrew:

• לחם (bread) <-- לחם חם (hot bread)

Lesson 1

• בא – comes, is coming (masc. sing.)
• באה – comes, is coming (fem. sing.)
• אבא – father, dad
• האבא – the father, the dad
• אהבה – love

Lesson 2

• אמא – mother
• האמא – the mother
• האם – "question word"

Lesson 3

• ואמא – and mother
• או – or
• הוא – he
• אוהב – love(s) (masc.)
• ואבא – and father

Lesson 4

• אוהבת – love(s) (fem.)
• אתה – you (masc. sing.)
• את – you (fem. sing.)
• מים – water (plural)
• היא – she

Lesson 5

• אני – I
• יין – wine
• היונה – the dove, the pigeon
• יונה – dove, pigeon
• ואני – and I

Lesson 6

• חלב – milk
• וחלב – and milk
• החלב – the milk
• לחם – bread
• ולחם – and bread
• חם – hot
• לא – not