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| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5846 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes  Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 1 of 8 18 December 2013 at 6:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was informed that I have a business trip to Israel in three weeks time. I feel that it is polite to learn the basics of the local language and also make my trip more pleasant. For now, I have colloquial Hebrew and The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew as my materials to tackle this language. Can someone share with me on how to learn some basic Hebrew over the next three weeks? Thank you!
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| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4349 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 2 of 8 18 December 2013 at 7:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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fsi hebrew
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4698 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 3 of 8 19 December 2013 at 10:57am | IP Logged | ||
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That course doesn't teach you the alphabet.
Stick with the Routledge course, it's by far the best. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5846 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 4 of 8 19 December 2013 at 3:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the resources and suggestions. But since I only have about three weeks, how should I use the materials? I think a basic A1 level, which includes asking for directions and doing some shopping is still achievable. Right now I am learning the alphabet of Hebrew.
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4698 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 5 of 8 19 December 2013 at 4:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Those types of questions are in the first unit of the Routledge course. Just work through
that. The alphabet isn't so hard. It's enough to say "ani rotzeh blablabla (mashehu), bevakashah" anyways. Edited by tarvos on 20 December 2013 at 9:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4679 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 6 of 8 19 December 2013 at 6:54pm | IP Logged | ||
ani rotzeh (MAshehu), unless it's a different kind of "business trip" than I'm thinking of. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4698 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 7 of 8 20 December 2013 at 9:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Oh right, bugger. Mashehu. As you can tell, my Hebrew needs some refreshing, haha...
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| Haelsa Triglot Newbie Israel Joined 3982 days ago 3 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Biblical Hebrew, Modern Hebrew*, English Studies: German, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 8 of 8 25 December 2013 at 2:53am | IP Logged | ||
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I think the two main things to remember is that Israeli society is not very formal (to say
the least), and that almost everyone speaks (some) English. So whatever you manage will be appreciated, but you won't need it to get by. So I wouldn't bother so much with how to ask practical questions, it's not likely you could understand the answers... Try learning some basic pleasantries, and people will go out of their way to help you in English. Also, if you want to learn a specific phrase I'll be happy to help :-) 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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