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Hebrew 101: Lesson 1

The first thing you need to know is that Hebrew is written and read from right to left that is in the direction of the arrow below this line
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The letters required for this lesson are:

à Aleph, a silent letter getting the sound of the vowel under it or next to it.

ð Nun, pronounced like the 'n' in north.

î Mem, pronounced like the 'm' in map.

ú Tav, pronounced like the 't' in tent.

ä Hey, pronounced like the 'h' in hat, except at the end of a word, where it is silent.

Patach, pronounced ah, as in father. This will be represented on IRC by an underscore _

Kamatz, pronounced ah, as in father. This will be represented on IRC by T

pronounced as a shortened ah. This will be represented on IRC by _:

Hiriq, pronounced as the 'e' in he. This will be represented on IRC by a .

Hiriq followed by a yud, pronounced a the 'e' in he. This will be represented on IRC by a é.

Shva, silent stop at end of a syllable, short ih at the start of a syllable. This will be represented on IRC by a :

who éî (pronouced me)

what äî (pronounced mah)

I (am) éðà (pronounced anee and transliterated ani)

you (are) (m.s.) äúà (pronounced ata)

you (are) (f.s.) úà (pronounced aht)

mother, mom àîà (pronounced ema)