Hebrew for dummies
Book - 2003
Outlines basic Hebrew grammar, and offers useful words and expressions and simplified dialogue.
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- Published
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New York, NY :
Wiley Publishing, Inc
[2003]
- Language
- English
Hebrew - Main Author
- Item Description
- On cover: A reference for the rest of us!
- Physical Description
- 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 compact disc (4 3/4 in.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780764554896
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- How This Book Is Organized
- Icons Used in This Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part I. Getting Started
- Chapter 1. You Already Know Some Hebrew
- Taking Stock of What's Familiar
- Speaking Hebrew Like a Native
- Counting in Hebrew
- Recognizing Tips to Help You Read Hebrew
- Chapter 2. The Nitty Gritty: Basic Hebrew Grammar
- Making Sense of Hebrew Syntax
- Recognizing Parts of Speech
- Understanding Gender and Number
- Chapter 3. Shalom, Shalom! Meeting and Greeting
- Greeting and Saying Goodbye
- Making Grand Introductions
- Getting Better Acquainted
- Extending and Responding to Invitations
- Asking Questions: The Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How
- Part II. Hebrew in Action
- Chapter 4. Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk
- Shootin' the Breeze
- Talking About Yourself and Your Family
- Chatting About the Weather
- Six Days You Shall Labor: Talking About Work
- Getting Addresses and Phone Numbers
- Chapter 5. Eat! Eat! You're So Thin!
- Jewish Love Means Never Having to Say "I'm Hungry"
- Getting Down to Business: Food, Glorious Food!
- Matching Adjectives and Nouns
- Taking Your Grocery List to the Market
- Dining in a Restaurant
- Chapter 6. Going Shopping
- Exploring Places to Shop
- Selecting the Perfect Outfit
- Styling Your Clothes Around the Seasons
- Color Me Beautiful
- Getting More Than (and Less Than) You Bargained For
- Chapter 7. Having Fun Hebrew Style
- Counting the Hours and Minutes
- Discovering the Days in a Week
- Catching Some Culture
- The Animals Went on the Ark Two by Two: Visiting the Zoo!
- Spicing Up Your Sentences with Adverbs
- Chapter 8. Enjoying Your Free Time: Hobbies, Sports, and Other Fun Activities
- Chatting About Your Hobbies
- Playing and Watching Sports
- Venturing Outdoors for Some Fun
- Boogieing 'til You Drop
- Chapter 9. Talking on the Phone
- Dialing Up the Basics
- Asking for People and Getting the Message
- Making Arrangements Over the Phone
- Talking About the Past: How Was Your Shabbat?
- Chapter 10. At the Office and Around the House
- Finding Your Way Around Your Job
- Hanging Out at Home
- Residing in an Apartment
- Commanding People: Do As I Say
- Part III. Hebrew on the Go
- Chapter 11. Planning a Trip
- Choosing Your Final Destination (And When You Want to Go)
- Coming and Going: Knowing Where You Are
- Discussing the Future: Verb Forms and Popular Expressions
- Chapter 12. Getting Around: Flying, Driving, and Riding
- Getting Through the Airport
- Renting a Vehicle--and a Phone to Go with It
- Navigating Public Transportation
- Being Early or Late
- Chapter 13. Checking into a Hotel
- Finding the Hotel That's Right for You
- Checking In: Names, Addresses, and Room Numbers
- Checking Out and Paying the Bill
- Chapter 14. Money, Money, Money
- Going to the Bank
- Changing Money
- Flowing with the Currency
- Using Credit Cards
- Directing Your Objects
- Chapter 15. Where Is the Western Wall? Asking Directions
- Making Sure You Don't Get Lost
- Giving and Understanding Directions for Lost Souls
- Keeping North, South, East, and West Straight
- Chapter 16. Handling Emergencies
- Tackling Your Uncooperative Car
- Doctor, Doctor: Give Me the News
- Getting Help After You've Been Robbed
- Part IV. Sacred Hebrew
- Chapter 17. Let's Get Biblical
- Figuring Out the Word Order in Biblical Hebrew
- Emphasizing When God Really Meant It
- Wishing, Intending, and Prohibiting
- Deciphering One-Word Wonders
- Counting Down the Greatest Biblical Hits
- Chapter 18. Like a Prayer
- Blessing the Basics
- Spiritually Speaking: Figuring Your Way Around the Prayer Book
- Making Prayer Meaningful
- Chapter 19. Sacred Time, Sacred Space
- Going to a Synagogue
- Checking Out Holy Words for Holy Days
- Part V. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 20. Ten Ways to Pick Up Hebrew Quickly
- Read Hebrew Food Labels
- Visit an Israeli Restaurant
- Read Hebrew Publications
- Check Out Israeli Videos, TV, Movies, and Music
- Sing Hebrew Songs and Prayers
- Listen to Hebrew Radio Programs
- Surf the Internet
- Join the Hebrew Lovers Society
- Hang a Few Hebrew Magnets and Posters
- Take a Hebrew Class
- Travel to Israel
- Chapter 21. Ten Books on Hebrew You Just Gotta Have
- Hebrew: The Eternal Language
- The Tongue of the Prophets: The Life Story of Eliezer Ben Yehuda
- The Hebrew Alphabet: A Mystical Journey
- Aleph-Bet Yoga: Embodying the Hebrew Letters for Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
- The Word: The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English
- How the Hebrew Language Grew
- Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar
- Hebrew Verb Tables
- Poems of Jerusalem and Love Poems
- Hebrew-English/English-Hebrew Dictionaries
- Chapter 22. Ten Favorite Hebrew Expressions
- Mazal Tov
- B'Karov Etzlech
- Titchadesh
- B'Teavon
- B'Ezrat HaShem
- Yishar Koach
- Dash
- Nu
- Kol HaKavod
- L'Chaim
- Chapter 23. Ten Great Israeli Phrases
- Mah Pitom
- Yesh G'vul L'Chol Ta'alul
- Pa'am Shlishit Glidah
- Im K'var, Az K'var
- B'Shum Panim VaOfen Lo
- Stam
- Betach
- Chaval Al HaZ'man
- Chazak V'Amatz
- Yehiyeh Tov
- Chapter 24. The Ten Commandments in Hebrew
- Anochi Adonai Elohecha
- Lo Yehiyeh Lecha Elohim Acherim. Lo Ta'aseh Le'chah Pesel
- Lo Tisa Et Shem Adonai Elohecha La'Shav
- Z'chor Et Yom HaShabbat L'Kodsho
- Kabed Et Avicha V'Et Imecha
- Loh Tirtzach
- Lo Tin'af
- Lo Tignov
- Lo Ta'aneh Bere'acha Ed Shaker
- Lo Tachmod
- Appendix A. Verb Tables
- Appendix B. Mini-Dictionary
- Appendix C. Answer Key
- Appendix D. On the CD
- Index