"הוא אוהב ואבא אוהב."
Translation:He loves and dad loves.
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The pronunciation is: Hoo ohev vuh-aba ohev The letter vav can sound like an o if it is written with a dot (form of vowel marking- not used in modern Hebrew). But since duolingo does not include those helpful dots, you just have to figure out which version of the letter it actually is. I hope that helps a little...
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Learning the Nikud is essential to learning the hebrew alef beit. ? כן https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyRmdT5bWb4
I find it more difficult that way and more a complicated process than Russian. With Russian Once you learn what sound each of the letters make it's a pretty phonetic language, yet with Hebrew in Duolingo does not include the helpful dots and it does not seem a phonetic language and more difficult to pronounce them than Russian in its written form.
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try this tutorial it is in english and easy to understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkxvqIxTE3A
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@Hurrem...Check in DISCUSS and enter the question or comment about AUDIO RECORDINGS that you wish to inquire about. Probably you will discover many other valuable contributions by learners and duo assists. This part of the program is challenged across many of the languages. If it is still an issue I believe you can skip it. Just listen and SKIP it and move on. Hebrew is reliant on the contributions of DUO MODS or language assists who are fluent. They are fewer but they are out there. Keep trying to learn independently there are many many resources here and outside of this forum. Never give up. I have been doing this for years and taught myself the hebrew alef bet, the hebrew keyboard by touch (not speed) .... the vocabulary and more. Reach out and consult with hebrew speakers and israeli people they are always willing to assist and answer questions. They love it that people want to learn hebrew. Wanting to learn is the main ingredient.
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Yeah. We English speakers don't remember all the spelling lessons and spelling tests we had to undergo in elementary school. And also, keep in mind how many native-born English speakers are horrible spellers.
In Hebrew, you mostly have to guess or simply remember how the words are read. That's the most difficult part about it, I know. In case of verbs, in time, you'll know the vowel patterns in conjugations and will be and will be able to model new words after the old ones. With more experience, you will probably be able to read new words intuitively, develop a gut feeling about typical phonetic combinations. But there's no easy rule you could learn in the beginning for vowels and dubious consonants and read correctly.
What I've gathered so far is that the "ה" /h/ is almost silent (at least in this recording), and that to make the /o/ sound, you need to write the "ו" next to an "א". (so the first word is /o/).
[I'd really like to know what determines whether you write "או" or "וא", though.]
Then ב seems to be pronounced /v/ when it's at the end of the word. So "או" /o/, "ה" /h/, "ב" /v/ [because it's final] = "ohev"
(But you might want to check this with someone with more than zero basis in this language!! :)
When vowels aren't written, the vav is used to write the /o/ and /u/ vowels. So when a vav is in the middle of a word, it is almost always a vowel, and the /o/ is more common than /u/. At the beginning, it is always a consonant and pronounced /v/. If vav is a consonant in the middle of a word, it is usually doubled to indicate it, like in the word דווקא, which is pronounced /davka/
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You're right. My friend says there's a memnonic, " [hoo] is he... I heard [oo] not [hoo].
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The ו is the vowel sound /o/, but sometimes /v/. Our job is to find out when it is which (there are probably rules that we'll learn along the way, we'll see!)
Hi, can you please post sounds for the words in exercises? Would be a lot easier to recognise them.
So this has been asked already, but Im also lost on pronunciation. Can any native hebrew speakers weigh in on pronunciation rules, or can anybody leave a link to general pronunciation rules? I thought that I was getting it, but this was the firalst thing that made me go "I have no idea what I'm doing".
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I am sorry to disappoint but usually there isn't a specific ground rule to lean on in Hebrew, even a native speaker once coming across a new word will have to sort of guess the pronunciation. Regarding the letter vav ו - if it is in the beginning it will usually be read as ve. In some rare cases it will sound like va. There is an explanation for that but it is very advanced, even for some native Hebrew speakers. When the letter vav is coming in the middle of the word it can be either a vowel, making the sound of o or u, or a consonant with the sound of v. At an end of a word, 99% it will be a vowel, but that, too, have exceptions. If you are interested in a long provate lesson email me at inon246@hotmail.com and i'll be happy to help :)
why the heck they aren't teaching the letters first?Before teaching the words? %$#*
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That isn't the case for any language offered on DUO is it? Did someone say the DUO Arabic course offers the character reference charts? The alphabet is not explained or offered in the English course. Teach yourself. I did it. It is possible. A person has to want to learn first.
That said, it is essential for one to know the alef bet and have studied the hebrew characters and be in the process of studying the characters before taking on a beginner course like this in hebrew. Duolingo is a computerized "free" course and it's a good thing Hebrew is being offered. That's what I think. DUO volunteers or just other participants who have a greater command of the hebrew language, are essential to this happening at all. Question your own committment. If you want to learn the Alef-Bet then you either have to pay for private lessons or teach yourself or get lucky and have the fortune of knowing an Israeli or fluent hebrew speaker to help you. Good luck.
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@Bethany....Apparently because this is what is being offered here currently for whatever reasons. Once a self-learner of a foreign language realizes their own limitations and needs, that is when to begin seeking the language learning venue or venues that address our needs. My belief is that it is up to the learner to find other outlets that address our specific needs.
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It sounds awkward in Habrew too. It doesn't really stand as a rwasonable sentence, but it is a hood practice of the letters and the pronunciation
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It is silent in "הוא" (hoo)"he" and "היא" (hee/hi)"she". I've always wondered if in ancient times the words were ever pronounced "hooah" and "hiah" since that is how "he" and "she" are pronounced in Arabic. A fast course in Hebrew: me is who, who is he, he is she, and dog means fish. ; )
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The vav makes three different sounds: o, u and v. In this sentence, in the word אוהב vav is "o" -> ohév. But in the word ואבא vav is v -> ve-aba.
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Correct. That is because ה at the beginning of the word is usually not pronounced colloquially, or it is very faint.
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Because in colloquial speech, ה at the beginning of the word is usually not pronounced, or it is very faint.