Shir and I have been doing a lot of stuff lately for Hebrew.
Week 6: We spent one week working on verb conjugations in the present tense for all the noun forms. (to want, to go, to do, to eat, to drink, to read, to ask for, to speak, and to try). I am working on these verbs and writing them in cursive.
Week 7: The first day during the week we met and walked around the lake together and talked about our colors. The next day we met outside the commons and spoke Hebrew together. This was the first time that we really had a good conversation. I was able to begin to initiate questions and focus on the Hebrew. I learned the verbs (to walk, run, camp, jump, bike, and hike) Also I learned about the significance of a hypostrophe in Hebrew.
A hypostrophe in Hebrew is significant because when it is seen near a Tzadik (Tz sound), the sound becomes CH (as in church). When seen next to a gimel (G sound as in golf), the sound become J (as in joke). This is necessary for words that are not originally from Hebrew or have a Hebrew equivalent word. Similar to in English when we say the word Quesadilla, Hebrew will spell out the words to sound similar to how it is pronounced.
Week 8: Shir and I met at a park for 2 hours - We began to read Harry Potter (first two paragraphs). There were many new vocabulary words in the book (I only knew about 4 words in the entire 2 paragraphs). Shir was patient with me and worked on teaching me how to try and infer what some words mean from the context of the paragraph. We also talked about the importance of learning to read using primary books and not more advanced Children's books such as Harry Potter. Another interesting fact that we came across while reading Harry Potter was that pronouns such as the Dursley's or the name of the company that Mr. Dursley works at, the words all contain vowels. They are to help the reader pronounce the words correctly, because they are not natural Hebrew pronunciations.
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