I have begun to learn the simple greetings and responses in Hebrew. I started with reading large posts online. These posts seem to be very accurate, but I did not find them very interesting. I only started with those because it was the first thing that came up on google. I went onto youtube and found some videos of people who actually talk to you about learning these greetings. This is FAR more interesting and interactive. The girl would pronounce the word(s), with them appearing next to her. I found myself speaking them back and pausing the video to listen to myself, then compare to the correct dialect. I also enjoy just watching different versions of the same lessons made by different people. They love to include in their lesson how useful each phrase is, where/when it would be used, and where the pronunciation comes from. I am actually getting a cultural lesson at the same time as learning the language. So far, here are the words I have focused on.
Shalom: Peace, hello
Ma Shlomkha: what is your situation?
Ma Shlomekh: female
Anee Biseder: I am fine, thank you
Toda: thank you!
ve ata (M), + ve at (F): and you?
Me-efo ata: where are you from? Me efo at (F)
Anee Me..... I am from.....
Ma shemkha: what is your name?
shmekh (F)
or, more commonly used:
Ekh kore'em lekha: how do they call you?
kore'en lee..... they call me....
and finally, Lehitao'ot: see you!
I am combining this with what I will be working on tomorrow, the alphabet! Hopefully I can start to understand the symbols, and can bring them together with these words!
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