"האבא."
Translation:The dad.
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I solved the problem by adding Hebrew to my list of keyboards. Then all I have to do is switch between Hebrew and English accordingly. Finding the right letters when I switch to Hebrew is a little rough, but it works :). I hope this helps!
You can also use the windows visual keyboard when using a PC Type Keyboard on the search bar on windows 10 for instance
i just asked that question. also why is the name not sounded in the visual section?
I did it before but i don't remember how tho. I think my cousin hacked it snd he can read hebrew not fluently but he can
well, im a native speaker and i think that in this case the its suonds like a-aba instead of ha aba (like how im saying)
i just wonder why there are "abba" and "ha-abba"("dad" and "the dad") like in English usually people don't say "the dad"...as a newbie of Hebrew learner this confuse me...
"The dad." Is actually used in English in the form of an answer to a question. It's also showing this because you will need to know האבא in later practice for full sentences.
It's probably an example of "the" which can be added to any noun. "Father" was just the first word here...
- It may depend on the speaker's accent, but most israeli don't accentuate/exaggerate the ה :) So, it sounds like a soft ha-aba and not hha-aba or a-aba :D (Don't know if I make sense to you, put it on the excitement ! =D )
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people who dont pronounce ה like h, but rather like א (a) simply dont pronounce it correctly. The proper way is to pronounce it like the H in 'hi'.
נחון. אני לא מדבר עברית טוב מאד, אבל גרתי בישראל שלוש שנים ואף אחד מבטא ה' כמו א'.
One thing about the Hebrew letter if Duo can fix is to make them just a bit bigger. Don't know if anyone else feels the same but they seem too small compared to English. My eyes feel like they have to keep adjusting.
Here i thought, hey im gonna learn me some Hebrew.. In the words of Trump ... WRONG !!!!! . This is way to hard!!!. Shouldnt we learn the alphabet first.. (Sigh) .. Im so lost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_alphabet
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hebrew.htm
Your web browser is your friend, remember that.
I'm finding this difficult too. I wish this course would start like the Greek one, by actually teaching the alphabet.
For instance, it asks for the word for 'love', but without pronouncing it, so you can't even make a guess through phonetics. It's really discouraging, and I'd like to learn.
Suprised the course does not teach the alphabet first. Do I need to know it to start.learning in Duolingo? Thanks.
Too bad duolingo doesnt familiarize new users to the letter sounds first, before having you just jump in. Its confusing to try and figure out new languages without knowing the alphabet and pronunciation of said language. Maybe the next update will go through the fundamentals of language first?
It told me I had a typo because I did not include the "." at the end. Is it really necessary?
It's strange that people are getting different outcomes. It took me a while to see what I was doing wrong. I was leaving out the period. None of the other courses I do on Duolingo penalise on punctuation.
I'd say that it is, since course has just come out of beta, but that you should report it so that the team knows it's an error.
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The Hebrew Alphabet for authentic beginners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veaFX9RUK4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s-CMuNTivY
But I thought אבא means "dad", while אב ("av") means "father"?
And I just want to add that I'm immensely happy that the Hebrew course is out there! TODA RABA!!!
Well, if I'm getting what you mean correctly, the word you knew is probably actually (the transliteration of) the Aramaic equivalent :)
Does anyone know of any online children's books in Hebrew? I am looking for a simple, familiar story that would help me to familiarize myself with the letters and language. Thanks!
It's not
Computers freak out when they see Hebrew(or right to left languages in general) so on the internet you will sometimes see question markers and dots in the beginning of a sentence
Why penalize for punctuation and capitalization? The other courses don't!
The pronunciation of the initial ה, which translates as 'the', is incorrect throughout the lessons. The man that is pronouncing the words is pronouncing the ה as if it were a silent spanish 'h' instead of an aspirated 'h' sound like it should be. Example: instead of saying 'a-aba' (the father) he should be saying 'ha-aba'. This error is throughout the lessons.
No, it is written (and read) from right to left -- the opposite way around from English, but the same way as Arabic.
Hi! I was just wondering why there are no vowels? I was in Hebrew School for most of my life, but have forgotten pretty much everything lol
I'm confused about the definite article. Sometimes I'm seeing ר and sometimes Duolingo is telling me it's ה Is there a way to tell which one we should be using? Or is it just experience?
Just "אבא" means "dad".
Here, there is a "ה" in front of it which means "the".
Together, that makes "האבא" which means "the dad".
My 1st attempt at Hebrew, am I missing something? There’s no way I know any letters especially not words, I don’t even know how to guess. I selected beginner, yet I’m being given words that I have no idea what they are, at the beginning I guessed not understanding two of letters didn’t match but made the word? Confused, shouldn’t I be learning letters 1st?
Yes -- the equivalent of English "the" in Hebrew is a ה which (unlike in English) is written together with the following word, without a space in between.
But not every letter ה at the beginning of a word is the definite article "the" -- there are also words that simply start with that letter, e.g. הלכה "halakha".
Any tips when the language doesn't have English letters? (like French...Spanish...etc)
Are we not taught Hebrew letters? How are we to learn how to actually read?
Ok, this session is supposed to teach us letters and they're already asking us to read Hebrew. Seems like it's the hard way...
I don’t think this session is supposed to teach you letters. The letters are provided for you in the tips and notes, so you have to learn them there and then practice them here.
Or Google “Hebrew alphabet”. A good site I found was https://www.cartoonhebrew.com/
Duolingo is easing you into the language by starting off with just words or phrases. Even later on, you’ll come across phrases such as “past present and future”… there’s no verb.
DL never promised only sentences.
נסיים עד כה את לא עונה לטלפון הנייד שלך או לא נכון השכרת אופניים באזור ירושלים של מטה אשר באחריותם
Nobody can see your answer or even the kind of question you had.
If you would like help, I highly recommend making a screenshot that shows the question and your answer, uploading the image to a website somewhere such as imgur or postimage, and putting the URL of the image into your comment.
