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Ulpan-Or: Absolute Beginner – Unit 1

Introduction to pronunciation

In the following charts you will be reviewing again the general
structure of the Hebrew vowels.

Pay attention to the sounds of the different vowels and note those,
which produce similar sounds.

       Letter and
vowel
placement

OO O EE E A  Sound

as in poor as in short as in peer as in egg as in father

Pay special attention to the additional possibility (more common in Modern
Hebrew), of producing the sounds 'O' and 'OO' and 'EE', by using the "stick /
dot" combinations.

‫אּו‬ ‫ּו‬ Letter and ‫ּוּ אּו‬ Letterand
vowel vowel
placement placement

OO OO  Sound O O  Sound

as in poor as in poor as in short as in short

ּ‫י אי‬ Letter and
vowel
placement

EE EE  Sound

as in peer as in peer

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