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| Darya0Khoshki Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5069 days ago 71 posts - 91 votes  Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Iraqi) Studies: Persian | Message 1 of 3 21 December 2015 at 6:07pm | IP Logged |
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I found these Hebrew lessons and have been working through them.
I have noticed a few pronunciation differences between the male and female speakers. For example, he says "zo" and she says "zu". He also says the letter "ayin" as in Arabic whereas she drops the "ayin" sound altogether and just pronounces the vowel. Can anyone tell me if these are just random variations or is he for example Sephardic and she Ashkenazi and these are standard dialectical differences? Thanks! Here it is Edited by Darya0Khoshki on 21 December 2015 at 6:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| AML Senior Member United States Joined 6826 days ago 323 posts - 426 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, German, Spanish | Message 2 of 3 08 March 2016 at 3:26am | IP Logged |
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Which lesson are you referring to in your link? זו is typically pronounced 'zo', not
'zu'. The "ayin" sound is dropped in the standard Israeli accent, or at the most it is very very subtle. Anyone who speaks Hebrew with an Arabic-style ע is a native Arabic speaker (for example, Arab-Israelis, Palestinians, or Jews from Arabic-speaking countries). These people will also pronounced ח differently. It is not at all incorrect to pronounce ayin (ע) and khet (ח) this way (the "Arabic" way); it will just peg you as a native speaker of Arabic. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rhian Moderator France Joined 6498 days ago 265 posts - 288 votes Speaks: English* Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 3 08 March 2016 at 12:06pm | IP Logged |
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Try posting on www.forum.language-learners.org as
you might get a few more answers. Of course this site is still in use but due to various technical issues an alternative forum was set up and is a lot more active than this one. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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