Shalom Ivrit

Beginner Hebrew

Goals:

• To provide a linguistic foundation for a beginning student to express themselves in the language and to understand its basic structures.

• To feel good in Hebrew, enjoy the learning process, and build self-confidence and the ability to cope with uncertainty.

Topics:

• Basics of print (typing) and cursive writing, pronunciation, gender in Hebrew.

• Getting to know each other: questions and answers, emotions, family and friends, café and basic shopping, times of day, daily routine, everyday situations, numbers.

Language Material:

• Present tense, infinitives, introduction to the Hebrew verb system (roots).

• Personal pronouns, singular/plural, prepositions, inflection of prepositions, conjunctions, adjectives, time expressions.