My Studies

Your studies in Hebrew

This module builds your Hebrew vocabulary for school and study. Remember that Hebrew is read from right to left, and everyday words are written with their consonants only. Each Hebrew word is shown with its English meaning, so you can learn to recognise it.

School words

Start with four words about school. Each Hebrew word is shown with its English meaning.

Nouns or actions?

It helps to sort the words into naming words and doing words.

Match the Hebrew to the English

Which word means subject?

Which of these Hebrew words means a subject?

• מקצוע
• שיעור
• מנהל
• תעודה

Study habits

Some words describe how a student behaves. A student can be hard-working, shown by חרוץ, or lazy, shown by עצלן. A student who stays away from school without permission is said to play truant, shown by להשתמט מבית הספר.

Match the action to the moment

Which are actions?

Which TWO of these Hebrew words are actions (doing words)? Choose all that apply.

• לקום
• לעבור בחינות
• מקצוע
• תעודה

Hebrew needs no word for is

Hebrew builds a sentence subject, verb, object, reading right to left. Two things change with who is speaking, and one word English needs is missing entirely: - אני לומד מתמטיקה = "I study Maths" (said by a male speaker). A female speaker says אני לומדת מתמטיקה. - אני תלמיד חרוץ = "I am a hard-working student". Hebrew has no word for "is" in the present, and the adjective agrees with the noun, so a female speaker says אני תלמידה חרוצה.

A female student wants to say "I am a hard-working student"

A female student wants to say "I am a hard-working student". Which sentence is correct?

• אני תלמידה חרוצה
• אני תלמיד חרוץ
• אני תלמידה חרוץ
• אני לומדת מתמטיקה

A school morning

Put these steps of a school day in a sensible order: to get up, to get dressed, a lesson, to pass an exam.

• לקום
• להתלבש
• שיעור
• לעבור בחינות

School words in Hebrew

The Hebrew for a headteacher is _____. The Hebrew for a lesson is _____. The Hebrew for holidays is _____. The Hebrew for hard-working is _____. The Hebrew for lazy is _____.

Spot the adjectives

Tap the TWO words that describe what a person is like.

• חרוץ
• עצלן
• שיעור
• לקום

Choose the word

For each meaning, choose the correct Hebrew word.

• You want the word for the person in charge of the school. Which word?
• You want the word for the long break from school in the summer. Which word?
• You want the word to describe a student who works hard. Which word?

Write about your studies

Write two or three sentences in Hebrew about your studies, using the two patterns from this module. Write in Hebrew script.

• Say what you study: אני לומד מתמטיקה ("I study Maths", male speaker) or אני לומדת מתמטיקה (female speaker)
• Describe yourself with no word for "is": אני תלמיד חרוץ ("I am a hard-working student") or אני תלמידה חרוצה, swapping in עצלן / עצלנית if you prefer
• Use one more school word you have learned: מקצוע (a subject), שיעור (a lesson) or תעודה (a certificate)