Gimel Booklet עִ בִ רִ ביתִ ְַּאק ְּש ְּן! Hebrew In Action! חוברתִג' 1 Gimel Booklet Alef-Bet Chart This is the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet). Each letter has a name and makes a sound – just like in English. א ּב ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט Tet Chet Zayin Vav Hay Daled Gimmel Vet Bet Alef י ּכ כ ְך ל מ ם נ ן ס Samech Final Nun Final Mem Lamed Final Khaf Kaf Yud Nun Mem Chaf ע ּפ פ ף צ ץ ק ר ׁש ׂש Sin Shin Resh Koof Final Tzadi Final Fay Pay Ayin Tzadi Fay ּת ת Tav Tav 2 Gimel Booklet Table of Contents Letter to Students ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Word Review ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Everyday Words ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Jewish Words ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Action Words(past tense) ......................................................................................................................... 6 Boys and Girls in Hebrew .............................................................................................................................. 7 Reading Practice I ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Reading Practice II ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Chirik – ee vowel sound .............................................................................................................................. 10 Reading Practice...................................................................................................................................... 12 More Action Words! ................................................................................................................................... 14 Torah Time! ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Shuruk/ Kubutz – oo vowel sound .............................................................................................................. 16 More Action Words ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Did You Know The Chalutzim Story? ........................................................................................................... 18 Reading Practice.......................................................................................................................................... 18 Let’s Sling Some Slang!................................................................................................................................ 21 Cholam Male/ Cholam Chaser – O vowel sound ........................................................................................ 22 God Talk ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 Reading Practice.......................................................................................................................................... 24 26 .......................................................................................... ִּפינָת ַהקֹו ִּמיקס -פינת הקומיקס Comics Corner Past Tense ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Plurals .......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Quiz Yourself ............................................................................................................................................... 33 3 Gimel Booklet Letter to Students ! It’s great to see you again!! Welcome to the World of Gimmel. In this booklet, you’re going to continue to learn to read more words and learn more vowels. We hope you’ll have fun in this unit. Galeet BenZion, Babette Cohn, Carole Heller and Lee Welzer 4 Gimel Booklet Word Review Let’s get started by giving you some longer words that use the vowels you’ve already learned. Everyday Words ּפסַנתֵר דַפדַפַן web browser ּבֶּגֶּד-יָם ּבֵיתִסֵפֶּר school 5 Gimel Booklet Jewish Words הַבדָלָה havdalah גַןִעֵדֶּן Garden of Eden In the beginning, Genesis ּבֵר אׁשית Action Words (past tense) (she went) הִָ לִ ָכִה (she ate) ָא כִ ָלִה (she celebrated) חִַג ַגִה (she wrote) ּכָתבָה (she sang) ָׁשָרה 6 Gimel Booklet Boys and Girls in Hebrew In the Bet booklet, we discussed briefly how Hebrew has “boy words” and “girl words.” To put it another way, in Hebrew (like in French and Spanish), words have gender. As you learn to read Hebrew, it’s helpful to recognize whether a word is a “masculine (boy) word” or a “feminine (girl) word.” We’re here to help you do that. Single “feminine words” (Hebrew words also have plural forms but we won’t get into that just yet) .in Hebrew usually end in either an “a” or “et”ִsound Nouns (persons, places, things), verbs (action words), and adjectives (words that describe something, like big/small) all have masculine and feminine forms. Here are some examples of words with feminine endings: (girl) יִַלדִָה 7 Gimel Booklet (glory, greatness) ּתִפאֶּרִֶּת (door( דֶּלֶּת (havdala) הִַבדִָלִָה Following are examples of how masculine and feminine ending words can differ in Hebrew. Masculine Feminine Translation boy/ girl יַלדָה יֶּלֶּד dog ּכַלּבָה ּכֶּלֶּב small קטָנָה קָטָן beautiful יַפַה יַפֶּה Reading Practice I Circle the Feminine Word in Each Row חִַגִִצִָבִִּכִַלּבִָהִִָאח 8 Gimel Booklet ַרִבִִגַןִִהִַבדִָ ָלִהִִסִֵפִֶּר Reading Practice II ַהיַ לִ ָדָהִׁשָרָהִּבַׁשָּבת.ִִגָםִַחֶּג גַהִאתִ חַגִהַּפֶּסַח. The girl sang on Shabbat. She also celebrated the Passover holiday. ַהַּכָלּבָהִה לִכָהִמ הַגַןִאֶּלִהַיָם. The dog went from the park to the sea. הַאֵםִּפָתִחָהִאֶּתִהַדֶּלֶּת.ִִָא מִ ָרִהִ"חִַגִ ׂשִָמִֵחִַ ַ!"ִלִַרִב. 9 Gimel Booklet The mother opened the door. She said “Chag Same’ach” to the rabbi. הַיַלדָהִּבָל עָהִמַהֵרִאֶּתִהַמָרָ ק.ִִגָםִ הַיֶּלֶּדִּבָלַעִמַהֵרִאֶּתִהַמָרָ ק. The girl quickly swallowed the soup. The boy also quickly swallowed the soup. Chirik – ee vowel sound YEEhah – Our Next Vowel Makes the EE Sound! There are two ways to make the “ee” (as in “Eeeek!” . ִ+י or “peel”) sound in Hebrew: ִ or Here are some examples of words with EE in them: י ׂשרָ אֵל Israel 10 Gimel Booklet ּפיל קיר מקלַחַת מ קלֶּדֶּת (to me) לִי (”I have – “There is/are to me) יִֵׁשִ לִי (song) ׁשִיר (trip) ִנ סִיעִַה (Egypt) מִצרִַיים (hit – as in pop hit) לִָ הִיט (can – as in a can of Sprite) ּפִָ חִית 11 Gimel Booklet (to light) לִהִַ דלִיק (with) עִם (without) ּבִ לִי (because, that) ּכי (she) היא (I) ָאנ י (mom) אמָא Reading Practice ּבִעִֶֶּּרִבִׁשִַ ָּבִ ָת,ִּבִ אתִיִאִֶּלִ ֵּבִיּתִַםִׁשִֶּלִ אִמִָאִ וִאִַ ָּבִ א.ִִאִמִָאִׁשִַָא ַלִה,ִ"מִֶּהִ חִָדִָׁש?"ִִָא מִַרִ תִי,ִ"אִֵיןִחִָדִָׁש.ִִ ַרִקִ ֵּבִיתִסִֵפִֶּר.ִִהִַ ּכִיתִָהִהִַ כִיִקִָׁשִָהִׁשִֶּ לִיִ הִיאִמִַ דִעִֵיִהִַ מִ דִ ִינָה."ִִאִַ ָּבִאִָאמִַ רִלִי,ִ ֶּ"ּבִ ִן,ִנָאִ לִהִַ דִ לִ ִיקִנֵרִׁשִֶּלִׁשִַ ָּבִ תִוִגַםִ 12 Gimel Booklet אִמִָאִתִַ דִ לִ ִיקִנֵרִׁשִֶּלִׁשִַ ָּבִת.ִִָאִנ יִ הִ דִ ַלִ קִ תִיִאִֶּתִהִִַנֵר.ִִגַ םִאִמִָ אִהִ דִ לִיקִָהִ אִֶּתִהִִַנֵרִׁשִֶּ ַלִה.ִִִִָׁש ר תיִ ׁש ירַיִׁשָּבתִ עַדִעֶּׂשֶּר.ִִׁשַּבָתִעםִהַמ ׁשּפָחָהִׁשֶּליִ ּב אֶּמֶּתִּכֵיף. On Friday evening, I came to mom and dad’s house. Mom asked me, “What’s new?” I said, “Nothing new. Just school. My hardest class is political science.” Dad said to me, “Son, please light a Shabbat candle and Mom will light a Shabbat candle too.” I lit a candle. Mom lit her candle. I sang Shabbat songs until 10. Shabbat with my family is really fun. 13 Gimel Booklet More Action Words! You already know that Hebrew nouns and verbs are masculine or feminine. Here are some more forms of some verbs. In English, we say, “I go, you go, he/she goes, we go, they go.” Hebrew (and lots of other languages) use different forms of a verb for different pronouns (a pronoun is I, you, she, he, we, they…). And they sometimes have different masculine and feminine forms. Practice reading these. Masculine Femenin Translation you went הָלַכ תִ הָלַכתִָ you wrote ּכָתַב תִ ּכָתַבתִָ you ate ָאכַל תִ ָאכַלתִָ you said ָאמַר תִ ָאמַרתִָ 14 Gimel Booklet Torah Time! The first book of the Torah is called You have already learned .ּב רֵ אׁשית enough Hebrew words and vocabulary to read a slightly modified version of the opening words of the Torah: ּב רֵ אׁש יתִּבָרָ אִהַאֵלִאֶּתִהַׁשָמַי יםִו אֶּתִ הַָארֶּ ץ. ִ.In the beginning God created Heaven and earth אּו-ָאה,ִמ יִזֶּהִּבָא?! WhOO’s that coming now?! WhOO’s the next vowel? None other than OO!! Who?!! OOOOOOOOOO!!! 15 Gimel Booklet Shuruk1/ Kubutz2 – oo vowel sound and ּו :There are 2 forms of the Hebrew OO vowel They both make a sound like the OO in the . ִ English word "pool" or a cow saying “Moooo!” :or ִ include ּו Hebrew words with Jew, blessed 1. ּבָרּוְך י הּודי Jewish .2 ּכ לָנּו all of us ּכּולָם everyone Elul (the last chicken 3. לּול coop אֶּלּול month of the Jewish year .The Kubutz sign is represented