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| adamtk Newbie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4801 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* | Message 9 of 11 04 October 2011 at 7:11am | IP Logged |
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There are no Israeli people in my hometown, so I'm slowly teaching myself modern Hebrew with the help of "Hebrew for Dummies"
*gets ready to duck flying objects* Ok, I'll admit it has it's critics, and it may not be the best place to start. But you have to start somewhere. One of the drawback I have seen is that you have the 'cheat-sheet' with the aleph-bet, but the phrases are writted phonetically. So if you want to get an eye for written Hebrew, you need to flip all the way back to the cheat-sheet, and translate the phrase letter for letter. I haven't tried the CD yet. When in doubt, use Youtube. It has alot of language lessons that may seem childish at first, but if you get into the spirit of things, it's actually quite fun. Like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiCzoTs1AdE&list=FLP5Wj4E7gVv 2_P8wqo-uixw&index=1 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6659 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 10 of 11 04 October 2011 at 7:54am | IP Logged |
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I’ve never studied Hebrew, the only thing I know is that a jewish friend of mine, he converted at the age of19, has
studied both biblical hebrew and modern Ivirt, and according to him reading the tanakh is a pice of cake and a lot of easier than to read an Israeli newspaper. Myself I’m studying Akkadian now, which also has those three consonant roots, and I’m not yet sure whether they’re a blessing or a curse… 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5258 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 11 of 11 05 October 2011 at 9:05pm | IP Logged |
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I taught myself Modern Hebrew. I am in a place with a lot of opportunities to practice,
but I never used them so it doesn't make much of a difference. ;) The first thing I used was music. I read the lyrics along with the music and tried to look up as many words/learn as many idioms as possible. Eventually I was good enough at reading that I met some Israeli people online and starting talking to them. I am now pretty proficient in the language. I mean, I am by no means fluent and not really all that comfortable, but I can get by and I can speak to people (especially in writing). It has been like four years now, maybe a bit less, I honestly have no idea. I didn't keep track. But I DO NOT want you to think it will take you that long haha! The reason it's taken me so long is that I never really studied it intensively or even on purpose, I just kind of let it slowly seep into my brain over time. If you actively study I'm sure you could get to my level or better in about a year-a year and a half. The reason I say that is that I recently came back from Israel where I took a Hebrew course, and everyone in my level that I asked said they had been learning for a little more than a year. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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