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It's been a while, hasn't it?
Still on the writing issue, the last thing to cover up is Vocalisation. Those who are familiar with Arabic or Quenya know what that is.
Fot those who aren'r familiar with those, well, the vocalisation is actually the vowels, yet, unlike in English, the vowels are presented as symbols on top, under or inside the letters. It isn't as difficult as it sounds; yet it takes a while to get used to.
Hebrew has quite a large number of vocalisation symbols, yet many of them represent really similar vowels. Vocalisation has complicated, strict rules, and you don't have to learn them; the most important thing is learning how to read. Telling you the truth, a vast majority of Hebrew speakers does not know how to use vocalisation correctly, and honestly, that still includes me...
Books for adults, newspapers and, well, most written text in Hebrew appears without it, because once you know the words you really don't need the vocalisation. You could notice vocalisation mostly on children's books, and I will, of course, use it (don't worry, I may don't know the rules but I'm using a dictionary) on here.

So, the vocalisation, right? Since I'm a huge table fan with a huge keyboard issue, I stole this table from this wonderful page.


I will mention some unusual cases later, since this is already confusing enough.

Here are some words, well, some vocabulary and reading practice. smile

(Notice! Read from the right to the left! smile )

Hello (Shalom)
See you later (Lehitraot)
Thank you(Toda)
You're welcome / please(bevakasha)
Sorry / excuse me(Slicha)
Yes(Ken)
No (Lo)
Welcome (Baruch Haba)

You know where to turn to if you need help or practice. smile heart

I have a few questions ninja

First of all - out of the Ashkenazi and Sephardi Hebrew languages, which one is actually used in Israel? or do Ashkenazi Jews living in Israel use the Ashkenazi one and the Sephardi Jews use the Sephardi one?

Also, how is the zayin prononced? I know that it's like a Z in English, but is it like the Z in zipper, or more like the ts in cats?

Thanks for your help in advanced! ^^

So, would an Ashkenazi Jew living in Israel use Ashkenazi Hebrew? (sorry to keep bugging you about it sweatdrop )

oh damn gonk

can you please help me know what to say when? sweatdrop I'm still learning the alphabet right now but I might need some extra help after that ninja

Todoraba! 4laugh

Corrected. ^^
You use the feminine form for counting.

By the way, you should really notice the way you use them. Very often people use feminine numbers for masculine nouns and the opposite, because masculine numbers have a feminine form, as feminine numbers have a masculine form. I admit I tend to make that mistake in my daily speech every now and then... sweatdrop Give it some practice, to make sure you're doing it right.