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To the User
→ Esther Raizen; Austin, Texas, Fall 2005
Table of ContentsTo the User – vii
Notes on the Hebrew Writing System and Pronunciation – 1
→ § 0.1 The Hebrew writing system — consonants – 1
→ § 0.2 Hebrew vowels – 11
→ § 0.3 A note on transliteration and borrowed words – 19
Greetings
Names
Students in school
→ § 1.1 The conjunction “and” – 24
→ § 1.2 Sentence structure: The simple sentence – 26
→ § 1.3 Gender and number – 27
→ § 1.4 The definite article – 30
More greetings
Studying
Subject pronouns
School and work,
"Want", “be able”, "need"
→ § 2.1 Sentence structure: Yes/no questions and negation – 34
→ § 2.2 Sentence structure: Coordinate sentences – 37
→ § 2.3 Verb forms: Present tense and the infinitive – 37
→ § 2.4 Vowel changes with gutterals – 38
→ § 2.5 Gender: Masculine as the common designation – 43
→ § 2.6 Pronouns referring to inanimate nouns – 44
→ § 2.7 Repetition of prepositions – 44
→ § 2.8 The modal1 verbs “can” and “need” – 47
→ § 2.9 Information questions: Sentence structure – 49
Where we live
Introducing people
Places in Israel
→ § 3.1 The preposition “from” – 55
→ § 3.2 Markers of gender and number – 56
→ § 3.3 Stress shift and vowel change – 58
→ § 3.4 The demonstrative pronouns – 59
Time expressions and tenses
→ § 4.1 The root – 65
→ § 4.2 Final-heh verbs – 72
→ § 4.3 Short verbs – 74
→ § 4.4 Adverbs – 77
Seasons
The days of the week
Telling time
Writing
→ § 5.1 Definiteness – 83
→ § 5.2 The preposition – 90
→ § 5.3 Location and movement – 92
→ § 5.4 The use of because – 93
→ § 5.5 Sentence structure: Reversal of subject and verb in questions – 93
→ § 5.6 Vowels and consonants: Compensatory lengthening – 94
→ § 5.7 The verb “to know” – 95
Shopping
Food and eating
→ § 6.1 Nouns of large quantity used in the singular form – 98
→ § 6.2 The adjective “much” – 98
→ § 6.3 Either-or, neither-nor – 99
→ § 6.4 A typical vowel change – 100
→ § 6.5 Adjectives 105
→ § 6.6 Negating an adjective – 106
→ § 6.7 "There is" and "there is not" – 107
→ § 6.8 Sentence structure: Objects fronted for emphasis – 110
The weather
→ § 7.1 Prepositions – 112
→ § 7.2 The absence of "it" as a "dummy pronoun" in Hebrew – 119
→ § 7.3 The subordinating particle – 122
→ § 7.4 On the pronunciation of the word “Col” – 23
→ § 7.5 More about definiteness – 123
→ § 7.6 Predicative adjectives and definiteness – 125
Professions and areas of study
→ § 8.1 More on information questions – 128
→ § 8.2 “When” – 133
→ § 8.3 Third person pronouns as linking elements – 134
→ § 8.4 “To be” in the past tense – 134
→ § 8.5 Vocal, composite, and silent schwas – 136
Clothing
→ § 9.1 Compound nouns and patterns of change in nouns – 142
→ § 9.2 Adjectives: Agreement in definiteness (review) – 146
→ § 9.3 The direct object – 147
→ § 9.4 Et, the marker of a definite direct object – 148
→ § 9.5 Common errors with Et: Omission and over-generalization – 150
→ § 9.6 Questions about objects of prepositions – 153
Addresses
The family
Counting
The calendar and birthdays
→ § 10.1 Numbers – 156
→ § 10.2 Ordinal numbers – 157
→ § 10.3 Cardinal numbers – 158
→ § 10.4 Stative verbs – 171
→ § 10.5 More on telling time – 173
The body
Directions
→ § 11.1 Structures imparting possession – 184
→ § 11.2 The construct state as a structure indicating possession – 185
→ § 11.3 “Ah” as a marker pointing to a direction – 191
English/Hebrew glossary – 193
Hebrew/English glossary – 205
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