Join Moshe, Leah and friends on their first day speaking Hebrew. An armchair adventure as they pick up their first Hebrew words. Hebrew is easy to learn and fun to speak.

by Noam Elbaz

Speak Hebrew with Moshe and Leah

Start the animated ulpan. This animated Ulpan is a first step in understanding Hebrew speech. Ulpan is a word derived from Aramaic - it means "learn."

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Some simple words to start with

This charts list most of the words that are used by Moshe, Leah and friends. Use the transliteration to perfect your pronunciation of each word, emphasise the part in bold - not sha-lom but sha-lom. If you are not familiar with the Hebrew letters start by Learning the Hebrew Letters.

English Hebrew   Transliteration
Hello   sha-lom
Who?   mi
       
I/I am   a-ni
You (a girl)   aht
You (a guy)   ah-ta
       
You (guys)   ah-tem
You (girls)   ah-ten
We/we are   a-nach-nu

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Published: February 2, 2002

Article 1 of 3 in the series Speak Hebrew

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Visitor Comments: 76

(76) Jackie Hazan, July 27, 2011 6:54 PM

Hi It is important to put the script next to the phonetic English word and Hebrew word. I made this mistake when first learning Ivrit and consequently never mastered reading at all! This time I am only writing the phonetic version when absolutely necessary. Jackie

(75) TRINIDAD garcia, July 7, 2010 10:58 PM

shalom this is simple and easy,,, toda,, thanks

(74) Aca Mika'el, July 7, 2010 12:48 AM

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This is really tov.

(73) , May 24, 2010 3:11 PM

this is so helpful its short and sweet thank you

(72) Gabriella Lynch, April 15, 2009 1:28 PM

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I love your Hebrew lessons. Are you going to have more than just the 3 parts? Shalom

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