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- "Dad, mom is coming."
"Dad, mom is coming."
Translation:אבא, אמא באה.
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There would be a "e" sound like in "pea" below the first character in the first and an "ah" sound below the first character in the second. The end "h" sound is silent ( Hebrew is where the silent h after names like Sarah and Deborah came from). The vowels before the bet are under the first charater, but native speakers don't use these "helper vowels". Think of it like computer speak, "fwd" "msgr", even though we don't have the vowels, because of context we know what they mean. But it can be confusing for beginners!
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There's no such word אבה. You could write אבא or אב (different spelling of "dad") And you could write האב (the dad) which has the same meaning as האבא
Why is the word אמא pronounced with an ee in the beginning and uh in the end though the letters are same? What are the rules behing this?
Are there any rules to help me know with which vowel the word is to be pronounced?
My preference is to replace the default keyboard with SwiftKey. It easily allows switching languages and includes spell check dictionaries for each language. I've been using it for Hebrew with no problems. Swiftkey has many other features to makes typing on an Android phone faster even when just typing English. I feel it's the best keyboard app available. On the other hand, SwiftKey's autocomplete predictions are so smart, they sometimes spoil the answers to Duolingo's questions!
This is not for me I think, there's no teaching of the letters first so how can we learn like that, it reminds me of public school teachers trying to teach us french by sentences! it didn't go well put it that way, I cannot sit here all day waiting for help, God Bless and all the best to you who understand <3
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I understand that vowels generally aren't applied in Hebrew writing and totally get being put in the deep end of things by not having recourse to them even in these introductory comprehension lessons in the interest of proper immersive learning. Having said that, something like a transliteration of the words in these lessons would've been of immense facility in the learning process, especially since the Hebrew alphabet for so many of us is unfamiliar and unlike most others on Duolingo isn't taught prior to the spelling and grammar lessons.
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how would one use a comma when typing in hebrew?
Actually, does Hebrew even have commas?
@joannjones3 I use http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/hebrew.htm in a different tab and just copy and paste it.
There's an extension called 'DuoKeyboard', just follow the link for whichever browser you use: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/17767515
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Go to memrise for hebrew...there are many learning helps for the alefbet and helping for duo lessons