Can anyone tell me if it's hard to learn to speak or write it? I'd love to learn it. Also, if there are any programs that are helpful.
2006-12-29 21:30:20 · 6 answers · asked by Leaving on a jetplane 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Sorry, I meant to say Hebrew language. :)
2006-12-29 21:39:45 · update #1
I think that as with most languages it is a question of motivation. I found the alphabet a major challenge, but some people have a better facility than others for learning new alphabets. Here are some links:
http://www.ivrit.org/
http://www.torahaura.com/Hebrew/Daber_Ivrit/daber_ivrit.html
2006-12-29 23:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hebrew is very easy to learn. If you spend a few weeks studying the alphabet you will be able to start reading and writing quickly. The writing can be a bit difficult to pick up on. There are three different scripts, and it writes from right to left. If you contact a synagogue near you, you should be able to find a free class. If you would like to find more answers I would recommend www.askmoses.com. It's a chat line, run by rabbis, operating 24 hours a day. And it's free.
There is a free software, like Rosetta, that you can download from www.byki.com (Before You Know it) Hope this helps you, and good luck.
2006-12-30 05:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by Dave 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Officially Hebrew is the language of Israel, most Israelis speak both it and English. Hundreds of sites to help you learn to speak Hebrew.
2006-12-30 05:41:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
My Israeli friends speak Hebrew. According to people I know who are studying it now, it is an easy language to learn.
If you have a synagogue nearby that is one of the less-orthodox ones you can probably take classes there. There are many synagogues nowadays that have Hebrew classes for adults for all sorts of reasons. (Wanting to convert, never learned it as a child and now have children who are learning, etc etc) You just have to find one that is open to having people not of the Jewish faith in the classes.
2006-12-30 05:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by Jen 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My daughter is home schooling our grandson. Here's the software she found that has the highest recommendation in the home schooling community for teaching Hebrew (spoken and written) at home.
http://www.hebrewresources.com/
2006-12-30 08:13:51 · answer #5 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its hebrew or arabic
2006-12-30 05:37:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋