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!

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!

Learn Hebrew - 30 Days!

I have reached 30 days of my learn Hebrew challenge, and I am pleasantly surprised at how much I've retained. So here it goes, I should have 29 words ready to go:

1. shanah means year
2. luach shanah mean year
3. hayom means today
4. etmol means yesterday
5. machar means tomorrow
6. shavu'a means week
7. tzachak means laugh
8. asah means do
9. ba means come
10. hish'tamesh means use
11. yachol means can
12. sha'a means hour
13. dakah means minute
14. sh'niyah means second
15. besha'a means o'clock
16. sh'aon means clock
17. hechin means make
18. halach means go
19. ra means bad
20. ra'a means see
21. rachok means far
22. katan means small
23. kashe means difficult
24. kal means near
25. na'im meod means nice to meet you
26. yefeyfe means beautfil
27. mecho'ar means ugly
28. [blank] means easy
29. tsahara tovim....spelling is off. means Good Afternoon which my husband tells me is super proper Hebrew, not common at all. It is tsahara'im tovim

so let's see how I did:
kal means easy no near and karov means near.

so my 30th phrase is: ta'im which means delicious!

I'm coming across a lot of words on Hebrewpod's core 100 list that I already know so I am skipping those, like boker tov, erev tov, lyla tov, shalom, toda, etc

Learn Hebrew - Day 29

I have arrived at day 29 of my learn Hebrew challenge. I am definitely surprised at how much I've remembered. Next step of course, is actually using the words. I am recognizing more words in speech though so mission accomplished!

1. shavu'a means week
2. shanah means year
3. luach shanah means calendar
4. hayom means today
5. machar means tomorrow
6. etmol means yesterday
7. sha'a means hour
8. sha'on means clock
9. besha'a means o'clock
10. asah means do
11. ba means come
12. hish'tamesh means use
13. yachol means can
14. hechin means make
15. halach means go
16. tzachak means laugh
17. ra means bad
18. ra'a mans see
19. rachok means far
20. katan means small
21. kal means easy
22. karov means near
23. na'im meod means nice to meet you 
24. yefeyfe means beautiful
25. mecho'ar means ugly
26. kashe means difficult
27. dakah means minute
28. sh'niyah means second

taaaada! I've done it! 29 Hebrew words in 29 days. I have verified spellings and meanings are correct.

my new phrase is: tsahara'im tovim which means Good Afternoon.

Learn Hebrew - Day 28

Ok here I am with just a few days left, on day 28.

1. Shavu'a means week
2. Shanah means year
3. Luach shana means year
4. Hayom means today
5. Etmol means yesterday
6. Machar means tomorrow
7. Sh'niyah means second
8. dakah means minute
9. Sha'a means hour
10. Besha'a means o'clock
11. Sha'on means clock
12. Asah means do
13. Hish'tamesh means use
14. Yachol means can
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. Katan means small
24. Rachok means far
25. Kal means easy...not so sure about this one.
26. Kashe means difficult.
27. Karov means....hmmm, I remember all the word (I think) but I'm drawing black here.

Karav means near...not too bad!

So my new word is: na'im meod, which is actually a phrase which means "Nice to meet you"

Learn Hebrew - Day 25, 26 and 27

Per usual, I am doing my Monday catch up from not adding any new words over the weekend. I have to catch up for day 25, 26 and 27. So as of today, I should have 24 words under my belt and 3 new ones to learn.

1. shavu'a means week
2. hayom means today
3. luach shana means calendar
4. shanah means year
5. sh'niyah means second
6. etmol means yesterday
7. machar means tomorrow
8. sha'ah means hour
9. sha'on means clock
10. besha'a means o'clock
11. asah means do
12. ba means come
13. hish'tamesh means use
14. ra'a means see
15. katan means small
16. yachol means can
17. halach means go
18. rachok means far
19. hechin means make
20. yefeyfe means beautiful
21. kashe means difficult
22. tzachak means laugh
    *again I'm shy 2-3 words.....lemme think
23. dakah means minute

Alright, I'm one word shy, not bad. I forgot: mecho'ar which means ugly

So my new words are:

1. kal means easy
2. ra means bad
3. karov means near

Seems kinda strange ra means bad and ra'a means far....is that just a weird similar spelling coincidence? I will have to ask to Israeli.

Learn Hebrew - Day 24

I think I am on the home stretch now on day 24 of my learn Hebrew challenge.

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'ah means hour
8. besha'a means o'clock
9. sha'on means clock
10. dakah minutes minute
11. sh'niyah means second
12. asah means do
13. yachol means can
14. hish'tamesh means use
15. ra'a means see
16. katan means small
17. yefeyfe means beautiful
18. hechin means make 
19. halach means go
20. ba means come
21. rachok means far
22. mecho'ar means ugly
23. tzachak means laugh. 

I almost forgot this last one, my brain was moving so fast I thought of it then thought another word.

so my new word for day 24 is kashe which means difficult.

Learn Hebrew 23 New Words in 23 Days

I am learning Hebrew in 23 days, retaining more words than I thought I would. Here's what I've learned so far:

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'ah means hour
8. dakah minutes minute
9. sh'niyah means second
10. sh'aon means clock
11. besha'a means o'clock
12. asah means do
13. ba means come
14. yachol means can
15. hish'tamesh means use
16. ra'a means see
17. katan means small
18. yefeyfe means beautiful
19. rachok means far
    * I lost my groove here and now I need to think about it more
20. tzachak means laugh

and there I go again, coming up short of 2 words, not as bad as last time.

I forgot:

1. hechin means make. funny I forgot this because I have been using it in conversation.
2. halach means go.

So my 23rd word will be mecho'ar which means ugly! Yofiiiii (great)!

Learn Hebrew - Day 22

I'm on day 22 and I think I've got 21 words all ready to go.

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. Dakah means minute
9. Sh'niyah means second
10. Sha'on means clock
11. Besha'a means o'clock
12. Hish'tamesh means use
13. Yachol means can
14. Asah means do
15. Katan means small
16. Ra'a means see
17. Rachak means far...I just checked and I am one letter off. It is rachok.

Well, started with optimism and I have dropped the ball and forgotten 4 words:

1. hechin means go
2. halach means go
3. tzachak means laugh
4. ba means come

My new word is yefeyfe which means beautiful.

Learn Hebrew - 21 Days and 21 Words

Here I am at day 21, still learning Hebrew and moving right along quite nicely! 21 days and 21 words down! I think I got this, let's see how much I know.

1. shavu'a means week
2. hayom means today
3. shanah means year
4. luach shana means calendar
5. etmol means yesterday
6. machar means tomorrow
7. sha'ah means hour
8. besha'a means o'clock
9. sha'on means clock
10. sh'niyah means second
11. dakah means minute
12. asah means do
13. hish'tamesh means use
14. yachol means can
15. hechin means make
16. ba means come
17. halach means go
    *damn it....now I'm slowing down again. let the brain catch up
18. tzachak means laugh
    *this is not good, I'm missing 3 words

I guess that's all I got for today! Upon my review from yesterday's post, I actually never caught up on my words from the weekend so I actually remembered everything so far.

In order to catch up my 3 new words are:

1. ra'a means see
2. rachok means far
3. katan means small

Yesterday I decided I wanted to attempt to write a short story with all the words I learned, mixed with English words, even if it doesn't make sense.

Medeberet machar!

Learn Hebrew - What Have I Learned So Far?

By my count, I should have learned 17 new words so far because I missed the weekend days.
So what have I learned so far? Here is what I have learned so far...

1. shavua' means week
2. shanah means year
3. luach shana means calendar
4. etmol means yesterday
5. machar means tomorrow
6. hayom means today
7. sha'ah means hour
8. dakah means minute
9. sh'niyah means second
10. asah means do
11. halach means go
12. yachol means can
13. tzachak means laugh
    * (here's where I'm starting to slow down in memory)
14. use, I'm forgetting the word for use
15. besha'a means o'clock
16. clock...drawing a blank
17. don't remember

Ok so filling in the blanks:

• ba means come
• hish'tamesh means use
• sha'on means clock. which reminds me I just realized I made a mistake on last post. I said sha'on meant calendar. whoops

My new word is make, hechin.

Learn Hebrew - And I Keep Chugging Along

I keep chugging along learning Hebrew, I think I have a good track record. So here it goes:

1. shavua'a means week
2. shanah means year
3. luach shana means calendar
4. hayom means today
5. machar means tomorrow
6. etmol means yesterday
7. sha'ah means hour
8. sh'niyah means second
9. dakah means minute
10. sha'on means calendar
11. besha'a means o'clock
12. asah means do
13. yachol means can
14. hish'tamesh means use
15. ba means come
16. something means go! 

Ok so I forgot about halach! UGH

so my new word is tzachak which means laugh!

Shabbat Shalom, I will catch up again on Monday

Learn Hebrew - Still Catching Up

Still catching up today, but not too far behind my goal. I forgot what my word from yesterday means, it was halach I believe, but don't remember the meaning.

Here's what I remember:

1. shavu'a means week
2. shanah means year
3. luach shanah means calendar
4. etmol means yesterday
5. machar means tomorrow
6. hayom means today
7. sha'ah means hour
8. sh'niyah means second
9. dakah means minute
10. besha'a means o'clock
11. sha'on means clock
12. yachol means can
13. hish'tamesh means use
14. asah means do
15. halach means......GO! another easy one missed

So halach means GO! and the new word for today is ba which means come.....ok this one HAS to be easy.

I say bo le po and boi le po all the time. Bo means come for male, boi means come for female.

Let's halacha into machar.

Learn Hebrew - Half Way There

I didn't get a new word today and I'm worried about how much do I remember now? Yet, I've somehow managed to get to day 15 with not much trouble. That's pretty sweet. I recited the 3 new words yesterday, but now only remember 2. 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. sn'niyah means second
8. dakah means minute
9. sha'ah means hour
10. sha'on means clock....this is the one I forgot last time
11. besha'a means o'clock
12. yachol means can
13. hish'tamesh means use
14. and I forgot this one. The one I forgot to remember is asah which means do. the most simplest word

My new word for day 15 is halach which means go. Achshav (now) let's see if I will remember machar.

The hard part of this challenge is not dropping it and moving on to the next one. I already have so many new ideas/

Learn Hebrew - Playing Catch Up Again

Since I have been sick, I have lost a few days now. I don't even know how many days, maybe 3 so I'm just going to take this time to play catch up...again. I'll start by reciting what I do remember and see where I left off:

1. shavu'a means week
2. hayom means today
3. shanah means year
4. luach shana means calendar
5. etmol means yesterday
6. machar means tomorrow
7. sha'ah means hour
8. sh'niyah means second
9. dakah means minute
10. besha'a means o'clock
11. [blank] means clock....I think this is where I left off. I don't remember the word for clock

I just confirmed #11 is where I left off, and the word was sha'on.  Now the words I need to catch up on are:

1. yachol means can
2. hish'tamesh means use
3. asa means do

The hard part of learning the verbs will be knowing how to use them in the correct tense, but for now I'm just going to learn the Hebrew.

Learn Hebrew - Positive Forward Motion

Learning Hebrew with positive forward motion! Here I am at day 11 and 10 new words I have learned.

Here's what I've learned:

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. sh'niyah means second
8. dakah means minute
9. sha'ah means hour
10. (drawing a blank....) besha'a means o'clock!

I got it! I promise I didn't cheat myself. So I'm just going down HebrewPod's core word lists. 

Word of the day is sha'on which means clock. So far it's been a breeze, I snuck a peek at the coming words and I'll be getting into more verbs which is great, but I KNOW that will make things much harder. I only know a few verbs. However, I'm not sure how to translate those verbs into the proper tense....that's why I have my husband. He's a great study guide.

Learn Hebrew Everyday!

Today I stayed home from work and I'm sick so I'm not in the mood to make this a long post. I already recited all the words earlier to my husband, so here it goes again:

1. shavu'a means week
2. hayom means today
3. shanah means year
4. luach shana means calendar
5. etmol means yesterday
6. machar means tomorrow
7. sh'niyah means second
8. sha'ah means hour
9. dakah means minute

I think I got it down, but I keep mixing up sh'niyah with sha'ah. Remembering the "ah" in sha'ah is helping me remember it means hour.

My word of the day is besha'a which means o'clock. This should be really useful, just as long as I remember all the numbers. I know echad, steim, shalosh, and that's it so far.

Learn Hebrew - Combing Words

I almost forgot about today's new word. It is the end of the day so I have less time to remember! Here's a recap of what I've learned so far:

1. shavu'a - week
2. hayom - today
3. machar - tomrorow
4. etmol - yesterday
5. shanah - year
6. luach shana - calendar
7. sh'niyah - second
8. sha'ah - hour

Hayom, I said I would start combining more hours. Yesterday I asked my husband the proper way to say: what time is it? He said "ma sha'ah" would suffice. I wasn't sure if it would work out that way, but it is actually a phrase someone would understand apparently. You can compare "ma" (what) and "ma ze" (what is it) with almost anything.

My word for today is dakah, which means minute. Sticking with the same theme will definitely help me combine words and understand more easily. Apparently, you can also say "dakah, dakah" when you are being rushed, like saying "just a minute, just a minute". Also good to know.

Again, so far so good. At this pace, I'll be able to keep up very nicely.

Ad machar....

Learn Hebrew - Shavu'a Echad

So now that I'm caught up...I'm feeling pretty good so far, but I'm not half way there yet. Just one week: shavu'a echad.

Here's a recap of the new Hebrew words I've learned:

1. sh'niyah means second
2. shanah means year
3. luach shana means calendar
4. machar means tomorrow
5. etmol means yesterday
6.  hayom means today
7. shavu'a means week

So there's 7 words for the first 7 days of January, one week's worth of words (shavu'a echad). Being in Israel helped me string a lot of words together to form sentences, even if I only knew 1 or 2 verbs. (LOL)

I did have to double check whether or not the proper way of saying one week is echad shavu'a or shavu'a echad. I know my/mine (sheli) comes at the end of sentence, but I'm not sure of the rule to knowing that.

My new word is sha'ah which means hour. These related words will me start combining to form phrases and sentences, so I'll be doing more of that tomorrow!

Learn Hebrew Challenge - Getting Caught Up

I started my learn Hebrew yesterday, 6 days into the New Year, but that's okay. I'm a quick learner and already know a lot of Hebrew.

Here's what I remember (not cheating) from yesterday's 6 words I chose:

1. shavu'a which means week
2. hayom which means today
3. machar which means tomorrow
4. etmol which means yesterday
5. luach shanah which means calendar
6. shanah which means year

I am pretty sure I got all the meanings right, but might have misspelled some. Now I will go check yesterday's post:

1. Shavu'a means week
2. Shanah means year
3. Hayom means today
4. Machar means tomorrow
5. Etmol means yesterday
6. Luach shana means calendar

 Looks like I got it, other than the extra h on luach shana....I wonder why no h on this 'shana'?

Ok so now my new word for today is sh'niyah which means second.

Tomorrow and going forward I will list all previous words that I remember, and hopefully by the end I can recite all 31 new words.

Learn Hebrew - 1 Month Challenge

Since I have promised myself I would learn more Hebrew and eventually become fluent, I have yet to make any larger jumps since conversion. I learned quite a bit of Hebrew during my conversion with Android apps and during classes. Then I learned more Hebrew while in Israel where my husband's family does not speak a lot of English.

So being an American Jew I get two New Years. Since I did not make any large strides since Rosh Hashanah, I decided I needed to keep myself busy with a one month Challenge so I don't continue to make excuses about not doing new things.

My goal will be to learn a new Hebrew word every day, not one that I already know - of course. And hopefully by the end of the month I will have remembered most of them. We'll see how many Hebrew words out of 31 I remember.

Since today is the 6th already, I will be playing catch up. I'm just going to head over to HebrewPod to start this off and take the first 6 words I do not know and use in a sentence.

1. Shavu'a means week
2. Shanah means year
3. Hayom means today
4. Machar means tomorrow
5. Etmol means yesterday
6. Luach shana means calendar

Although some of these should be obvious to me, such as shanah and hayom, I have not used these in a sentence nor would I have been able to tell you what year and day was in Hebrew.

I will start tomorrow's post by seeing if I can even remember the English translations of what words I wanted to learn.

So until machar, and hayom is etmol - Shalom.