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Monday, February 3, 2014

Learn Hebrew One Month Challenge Complete

My one month challenge of learning Hebrew is finally complete! I will now attempt to list all 31 words I learned, and then I'll write a short story or play mad lib with those words (to make those words stick even more!)
  1. shavu'a means week
  2. shanah means year
  3. luach shanah means calendar
  4. hayom means today
  5. etmol means yesterday
  6. machar means tomorrow
  7. besha'a means o'clock
  8. sha'on means clock
  9. sha'a means hour
  10. sh'niyah means second
  11. dakah means minute
  12. asah means do
  13. ba means come
  14. hish'tamesh means use
  15. yachol means can
  16. hechin means make
  17. halach means go
  18. tzachak means laugh
  19. ra'a means see
  20. rachok means far
  21. katan means small
  22. yefeyfe means beautiful
  23. mecho'ar means ugly
  24. ra means bad
  25. karov means near
  26. kashe means difficult
  27. na'im meod means nice to meet you
  28. tsahara'im tovim means good afternoon
  29. ta'im means delicious
  30. yom sheni means Monday
    and now I've forgotten one word....lemme stew on this....
  31. kal means easy!
And there you have it! 31 new Hebrew words in 31 days - one month challenge complete!

Friday, January 31, 2014

Learn Hebrew - Day 31 - Yom Shishi

My learn Hebrew one month challenge is coming to a close! Here I am at day 31 of learning more Hebrew words and I will attempt to recite all 31 without forgetting any...even if I have to think more than a few seconds about it. So here it goes:
  1. shavu'a means week
  2. shanah means year
  3. luach shana means calendar
  4. hayom means today
  5. etmol means yesterday
  6. machar means tomorrow
  7. sha'a means hour
  8. sh'niyah means second
  9. dakah means minute
  10. sha'on means clock
  11. besha'a means o'clock
  12. asah means do
  13. yachol means can
  14. hish'tamesh means use
  15. hechin means make
  16. halach means go
  17. ba means come
  18. tzachak means laugh
  19. yefeyfe means beautiful
  20. mecho'ar means ugly
  21. ra means bad
  22. ra'a means see
  23. rahcok means far
  24. karov means near
  25. katan means small
  26. kal means easy
  27. kashe means difficult
  28. ta'im means delicious
  29. tsahara'im tovim means good afternoon
    and finally......I am drawing blank on the last word...........
  30. na'im meod means nice to meet you! 
Phew! I got through it! Sweet.

so my very last word for my one month challenge in January is yom sheni which means Monday.

This was so much easier than I thought!

I'll recap my 31 new words and phrases tomorrow on yom Shabbat!