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- "אין לכם חלב?"
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I found the audio hard to understand. I heard something like "Elachem chalav?" omitting the n for "en lachem.."
Yes, the listening exercise is difficult. I haven’t yet heard of the word “elachem” so that was not an option. But it is difficult to distinguish between לכם, לכן, להם, להן.
Looking back at this lesson, I got this confused with the word for "bread." (I don't have my hebrew keyboard on this device) What is the difference in pronunciation between "you" and "bread," in this instance?
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After 6 months I can hear it! It's difficult though. Many Hebrew words seem to begin their sound on the previous word, or even blend with the last letter of the previous word, and even that changes based on the two words being said. I didn't believe my ears would adjust, but It's getting easier.
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That happens in almost every language. In Dutch, my native language, people even start to join words in writing where it is not allowed from grammar, thereby ignoring the semantic difference between writing "AB" instead of "A B". That creates more difficulty to foreign listeners, like described above.
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They really need to do an overhaul on the audio. If they want thing faster and sloppier on advanced lessons, that is one thing. But for begining lessons it needs to be slow and clear so people can actually learn how to pronounce things.
Your ear had yet to attune to the sound of the language. Keep listening to Hebrew and eventually you'll grow accustomed to its nuance.
I don't understand when the word Lakhem is transated as You and the other translation is Them
I don't understand the difference in pronunciation for lakhem to mean you or bread...?
I'm also very confused about 2nd and 3rd person plural.. somebody please add an grammar explanation to duolingo, pleeeeaaase!
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Reverso app or website, pealim.com and cooljugator (the smart Hebrew conjugator): https://cooljugator.com/he
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Did you see this (scroll down to "tips and notes")? https://www.duolingo.com/skill/he/There-is
I don't understand the difference between להם and לכם grammatically. I understand להם is they (masc), להנ is they (fem), לנו is we, לך is you (fem)... Am I missing anything? I feel like I keep discovering new pronouns or redundant ones... I cant tell which. If there are redundant ones, when is which one used?
You mean *להן since it's at the end of the word.
Second person plural mas.= לכם
Second person plural fem. = לכן
That's as far as I can go. I'm a beginner too. But what I can say is see it as English. When you're talking to a group of people, you don't refer to them as "they", you refer to them as "you". Like:
What are you guys doing today?
And when you're referring to a group of people that are further away from you when talking to someone, you say "they".
They are a bunch of cockroaches, don't you think?
That's basically the difference. They = להם
You guys / you all = לכם
Better?
The issue is with the modern Israeli pronounciation. ח is like the Arabic ح or the Syriac ܚ, it is pronounced as a deep h where as the gutteral sound is with the kaf (כ) which in Syriac is ܟ pronounced like? خ in Arabic. The new pronounciation confuses א and ע (deep a sound as in Arabic ع and Syriac ܥ), ח and כ then ט (deep t sound as ط in Arabic and ܛ in Syriac) and ת
So is this list right? Please correct if not: You (singular fem) is לך lecha You(singular masc) is לך lach You(plural fem) is להן lehen You(plural masc) is לכם lekem You (plural masc & fem tog) is לכם leken or what? We (fem) is לני leni We(masc) is לנו lenu We(masc & fem tog) is לנו lenu or what? They/them (fem) is לכן leken They/them (masc)is להם lehim
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You have a few mistakes. It goes like this:
I (both m and f) - לי (li)
you (sing m) - לך (lechá)
you (sing f) - לך (lach)
he - לו (lo)
she - לה (la)
we (both m and f) - לנו (lánu)
you (plural m) - לכם (lachém)
you (plural f) - לכן (lachén)
they (m) - להם (lahém)
they (f) - להן (lahén)
"You" indicates a singular in the "correct" answer, but the Hebrew indicates the plural in לכם
I hear the differences clearly on other platforms and when speaking with friends. Just have to muddle through it here and build up lots of gems.
