Product Description

This book, designed for people planning a trip to Israel, offers commonplace phrases to help travelers order meals, make purchases, ask for directions, and more, easily and accurately in Hebrew.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #86448 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-01
• Original language: English, Hebrew
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 132 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780944502259
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
I really recommend it... Have fun learning using this great book... --Amazon.co.uk on-line review, October 2000.

Unbeatable! Plenty of colourful illustrations so all the family can grasp what is wanted... --Amazon.co.uk on-line review, May 2001.

Unbeatable! Plenty of colourful illustrations so all the family can grasp what is wanted... --Amazon.co.uk on-line review, May 2001.

Language Notes
Text: English, Hebrew

About the Author
Kristine K Kershul

Customer Reviews

Nice but very basic. Some transliteration problems.
I bought this book to help a friend learn Hebrew. This is a nice book, but the English transliterations are flawed, and that's what I had the most trouble with.

First of all, the book tells you that the tsere is prounounced "ay", when actually, in the modern spoken Hebrew of Israel, it is pronounced like eh in red. Plus it goes on to transliterate the tsere inconsistantly (sometimes as "eh", sometimes as ay).

Shva is the same way. When it's not silent, it's transliterated as 'e'...but sometimes as "ay". (Shva is never pronounced "ay".)

Great book if you need to learn Hebrew quickly
I don't know how much I would have liked this book if I was learning Hebrew from afar, but a few years ago, I found out on two week's notice that I was going to Israel for six months. I had to get a workable knowledge of Hebrew in a short period of time. I carried the pocket pal card and the grocery card everywhere, and the flash cards were great. I like the style of the workbook - it is fun and entertaining. You definitely need the discipline to repeat things to learn much, though, as with any language learning. I clearly don't know Hebrew well enough to know about inaccuracies, but it was great for me, teaching me the basics very quickly.

Excellent starter book for tourists or oleim chadashim...
I've recently moved from the US to Israel and started Ulpan (Hebrew School). This book is an excellent starting piont for learning basic everyday hebrew. It has helped me tremendously.