In the Modern Period, from the 19th century onward, the literary Hebrew tradition as pronounced in Jerusalem revived
as the spoken language of modern Israel, called variously Israeli Hebrew, Modern Israeli Hebrew, Modern Hebrew,
New Hebrew, Israeli Standard Hebrew, Standard Hebrew, and so on.

The revival of the Hebrew language as a mother tongue was initiated by the efforts of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858-1922)

He joined the Jewish national movement and in 1881 immigrated to Palestine, then a part of the Ottoman Empire.

Motivated by the surrounding ideals of renovation and rejection of the Diaspora "shtetl" lifestyle, Ben-Yehuda
set out to develop tools for making the literary and liturgical language into everyday spoken language.

Modern Hebrew Grammar

Grammatically, Hebrew is typical of the Semitic tongues in that so many words have a root consisting
of three consonants separated by vowels.
Changes in, or omissions of, the vowels alter the meaning of a root.

In Modern Hebrew grammar prefixes and suffixes are also added to roots to modify the meaning.
There are two genders, masculine and feminine, which are found in the inflection of the verb as well as in noun forms.

Modern Hebrew has experienced some changes in phonology, syntax, and morphology.

Pronunciation of various orthographical forms has changed, as well as the rules for prefixing and suffixing prepositions
to nouns and pronouns.
Biblical Hebrew seemed to favor a word order in which the verb precedes the subject of a sentence,
but in Modern Hebrew the subject typically precedes the verb.
Modern Hebrew vocabulary has been updated by the addition of many new words, especially words of a scientific nature.

Ulpan-Or offers a variety of programs to learn Modern Hebrew language from scratch progressing to very advanced levels.
To learn Modern Hebrew language, we have developed a unique RLA (Rapid Language Acquisition) method based
on a series of study kits, which include books and audio CDs.

This method mimics the way a child studies his mother tongue and greatly facilitates the study process.

On the following pages you will find samples from Ulpan-Or Basic Level Hebrew Study kits,
which gradually will take you from zero knowledge of Modern Hebrew to the ability to create meaningful
sentences and actively use Hebrew expressions in day-to-day life.

Click below to access an excerpt from a sample lesson.

- Lesson 1- Hebrew Letters

- Lesson 2- Hebrew Pronouns

- Lesson 3- Hebrew Nouns

- Lesson 4 - Hebrew Adjectives

 
- Lesson 5- Hebrew Numbers

- Lesson 6- Hebrew Verbs

- Lesson 7 - Hebrew Phrases

- Lesson 8 - Hebrew Expressions  

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