Learn about Hebrew vowels
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| Hi everyone. |
| Welcome to The Ultimate Hebrew Pronunciation Guide. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn all 5 Hebrew vowel sounds. |
| אַ |
| אֶ |
| אִ |
| וֹ |
| וּ |
| By learning all of these sounds, you'll be able to pronounce any vowel that could possibly appear in Hebrew! |
| Are you ready? |
| Then let's get started! |
| The first vowel sound is... |
| אַ |
| גַּם "also" |
| פח "trash" |
| דָּג "fish" |
| This vowel sound is very similar to the A in 'far'. |
| אַ, אַ (slowly) |
| אַ, אַ (slowly) |
| The next vowel sound is... |
| אֶ |
| שֶׁל "of" |
| כן "yes" |
| כֵּהֶה "dark" |
| It's very similar to the E in the word 'education'. |
| אֶ, אֶ (slowly) |
| אֶ, אֶ (slowly) |
| The next vowel sound is... |
| אִ |
| מִיסִּים "taxes" |
| אִימּוּן "training" |
| תִּינוֹק "baby" |
| This is identical to the I in 'ski'. |
| אִ, אִ (slowly) |
| אִ, אִ (slowly) |
| The next vowel sound is... |
| "וֹ |
| שלום "peace/hello/goodbye" |
| נֹעַר "youth" |
| חֲלוֹם "dream" |
| It's very similar to the O sound in the word 'ore'. |
| וֹ, וֹ (slowly) |
| וֹ, וֹ (slowly) |
| The last vowel sound for this lesson is... |
| וּ |
| תמונה "picture" |
| אדומה "red" |
| מְדוּרָה "bonfire" |
| This is identical to the U in the word 'rule'. |
| וּ, וּ (slowly) |
| וּ, וּ (slowly) |
| Well done! You've just learned all 5 vowel sounds in Hebrew! |
| With these sounds, you can pronounce any vowel that could possibly appear in the Hebrew language! Isn't that great? |
| Which vowel sound was the most difficult for you to pronounce? Let us know in the comments. |
| In the next lesson, you'll start learning consonant sounds. |
| See you in the next Ultimate Hebrew Pronunciation Guide lesson! |
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